| Matters
Literary |
November
2002 |
Lucky Man: A Memoir, by Michael J. Fox
In any decent society, celebrity memoirs would be banned. They are mostly ghost-written, self-serving ego trips that are foisted on fans as pay checks posing as gospel. There is a great joy, then, in running across a work in the genre that not only appears honest but also reveals the previously hidden writing talents of the author. Parkinson's disease may have cut short his acting career, but Mr. Fox could make it as a writer. Click here for more.
Behind Sad Eyes: The Life of George Harrison, by Marc Shapiro
Rock journalism has been defined as people who can't talk being interviewed by people who can't write for people who can't read. Marc Shapiro's new bio about guitarist George Harrison defies that glib and grim assessment. Click here to read
why.
Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life, by Carlo D'Este
Among the commanders of World War II were some of history's most colorful warriors -- Patton, Montgomery, Rommel. Yet the commander of the entire western Allied effort was a rather grey fellow from the drab state of Kansas. A 700 page biography of Eisenhower has to overcome the essential dullness of its subject, and the newest work by military historian Lt. Colonel (ret.) D'Este does so more than adequately. Click
here to read more.