Description
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNER MARGO JEFFERSON TAKES ON THE LEGEND AND LEGACY OF THE KING OF POP
About the Author
The winner of a Pulitzer Prize for criticism, MARGO JEFFERSON is the author of Negroland, which was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize (formerly the Samuel Johnson) and On Michael Jackson and is a professor of writing at Columbia University School of the Arts. She was for years a theatre and book critic for Newsweek and the New York Times. Her writing has appeared in, among other publications, the Guardian, Vogue, New York magazine, and the New Republic.
Reviews
A startlingly forthright consideration of what drove Jackson then and what drives our thinking of him now * Esquire *
Dazzling * Tatler *
Margo Jefferson's excellent, empathic take on the singer, encapsulating the pressures of being a child star, the most famous person on the planet and having a complicated legacy that can sometimes make people forget about the music -- 'Best Summer Books' selected by Nikesh Shukla * Observer *
Margo Jefferson's take on his life covers all its complexities -- 'Best Summer Books' selected by Richard Fitzpatrick * Irish Examiner *
A sizzling summer read * Daily Mail *
Succinct, analytical, non-linear, echoing a style of Susan Sontag perhaps or early Joan Didion * Quarterly Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9781783784202
Author Margo Jefferson
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Granta Books
Publisher Granta Books
Weight(grams) 145g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm * 10mm