George Gershwin: A Biography [Hardcover]

Alan Kendall (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Universe Pub; 1ST edition (November 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0876636636
• ISBN-13: 978-0876636633
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,026,532 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars A tiny review, July 9, 2007

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Damien Slattery (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: George Gershwin: A Biography (Hardcover)

I have a selection of Gershwin biographies and this is the poor one. Mr. Kendall thinks George Gershwin would have been a happier man if he met a nice wife and settled down. Old-fashioned conservative judgemental! He also believes that Gershwin was marvellous as a songwriter but nothing much as a symphonic artist and could have done with a respectable human trauma in his life to mature him as an artist! If it takes juveniles to produce a work like "Porgy And Bess".. Bring on the euthanasia!!
Mr. Kendall seemed to me very patronising about Gershwin and i kept wondering why he bothered to write a book with little regard for his subject. A wasted effort.