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In 1988 Gerald Clarke wrote an exhaustively comprehensive biography of Truman Capote. It's a great book that managed to take the sometimes dry emotionless format of the biography, and infuse it with new life. It read like a great fiction novel, making you quickly turning the pages to see what was going to happen to Capote next.Happily, after reading his new Garland bio I can say he hasn't lost his gift for penning an addictive... Read Full Review

What an amazing feat. Gerald Clarke has done what other authors of Garland biographies have failed to do: provided a fascinating and well written tale of the Judy Garland that others didn't see. He certainly did make his ten years of research well worth the effort. In response to other reviewers' complaints about Clarke writing mostly about her dark side, what's the point in writing a biography if an author sugar-coats... Read Full Review

I'm actually shocked to read some of the other negative reviews here. It's obvious there are a lot of fans who won't settle for anything less than a rosy, idealized portrait of their godess. I, on the other hand, thought it was a fantastic, well-rounded look at an extremely talented and complicated woman. Clarke obviously has great respect for his subject but does not treat Garland or her life with kid gloves. Ultimately,... Read Full Review

Gerald Clarke wrote an excellent bio of Truman Capote and he does it again! You would think after many books there would be nothing new to say about Judy but Clarke finds new information and he writes with intelligence, taste and sensitivity.