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Casting About

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This book is unique in many ways by covering not just the world of casting for Stage, TV and Films but also the struggle of the author coming to terms with his sexuality.

Many famous names pass through the pages along with numerous encounters with big name stars. Mr. Graham has certainly contributed greatly to the acting profession in his varied career as a casting agent.

The open and candid writing is compelling, as is the author's search to find that special man to share his life with. Also of interest is the fact that Mr. Graham was open about his sexuality at a time when it was very much taboo. The many scrapes he got into and the discrimination levied against him makes one realise how hard it was to be gay only a few short years ago.

With such a personal account of his life from childhood, adolescence, adulthood and into his later life this book is far more than just a look at the authors career.

A truly fascinating memoir that is definitely head and shoulders above the average auto-biography. Highly recommended.

David Graham, has successfully created an engaging and very open accounting of his life's journey in, "Casting About". The depiction of his relationships with both the famous and not so famous from Broadway to Hollywood and later England add to the intrigue. His approach is both candid and refreshingly honest. Very entertaining!

Best book I've read in years. I couldn't put it down and I'm not just talking about the book

CASTING ABOUT is a surprising book. Surprising because one expects that it will tell about the career of a successful Hollywood casting agent and discovers that it is much more than that, Then, in reading it, it seems as if it might be about how David Graham came to terms with his sexuality. True, again, but once more the book turns out to be more searching and profound than just that. It is fascinating to follow his journey.

"Casting About" is a fun read with a lot of
valuable gay history. It's an important
recollection of someone who was "out" long
before it was fashionable. David writes
as honestly as he has lived. It's full
of valuable lessons of how it was before
the influx of "enlightened" young gay
men and long before we ever dreamed of
"gay rights."

I read CASTING ABOUT in two sittings. It was not easy to put down...it was informative, sensitive and above all honest! A very accurate account of how films, television shows and plays are put together and how important a really good casting director is to such projects. David Graham's contribution to the business was monumental. Hopefully his book will be read by
many, many people...either in or out of the business, they will
find it fascinating. Most importantly is Mr. Graham's honesty in relating the many interesting things that happened in his most interesting life!

David Graham's "Casting About" is touching, funny, outrageous, spiritual and even an interesting tourist guide to the English countryside and other beauty spots of Europe and New Mexico. What a mix. It's a journey through time and a first hand look at the famous and not so famous in show business over the last fifty years. So well remembered and all bravely told.