NP - Placebo - Running Up That Hill
(See what I did there? Its the return of the NP feature)
If you have some time to kill and want to read a well-written book that is interesting and about 100 pages too long, read Neal Gabler's biography of Walt Disney. It just came out in paperback a few months ago and is likely still in every Borders And Noble A Million in your current locale. Sharp analysis, though he might be a bit long on details in the early days that aren't really germane to the story.
I'm about 150 pages into it and so far he paints Disney as a man very adept at hiding his insecurities behind his old-fashioned Protestant work ethic and his self-created image of the happy-go-lucky American boy. The moral of the story for me at this point how many times Disney failed before he got it right.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Book Recommendation
Posted by Ron at 10:24 PM
Labels: Books and Comics
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