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Dec 18, 2016MisterWhiskers rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I have long been a fan of Dick's and find him to be wildly talented. However this book, while interesting and full of details about his private and professional life, left me a little flat. It also left me curious as to why he singled out a few people and painted them in a negative light. In particular he relates a story about Danny Kaye, another man I am very fond of, and relates a story whereby he makes Danny to look insecure and petty. Probably a true anecdote, but why mention it? Danny Kaye is long since deceased. What good does it do to sully his good name now about something that happened decades ago? Details of his longtime relationship with notorious "palimony" litigant Michelle Triola bored me. It seemed as he were trying to justify leaving his lovely wife and mother of his children for the scheming Triola, whom he never married even though they were together 30 years until her death. The details about his struggle with Alcoholism were interesting though, and it was nice to get his side of that story. His early days as a civil rights activist were also very interesting and a side of him I'd never heard of. His religious opinions are also expressed and although it seems he started out a devout Christian, he seems to have eventually drifted into a fairly loose new-world philosopher with an open mind to many religious view points. My recommendation: skip this book - your time is better spent watching re-runs of his TV shows and movies.