Michael Jackson was once universally acclaimed as a song-and-dance man of genius. Now his stratospheric musical career has undeniably taken a backseat to his odd behavior and his legal troubles. In this sparkling debut, award-winning critic Margo Jefferson brilliantly analyzes the rise and fall of the King of Pop, illuminating his childhood and the Motown years as well as his personal transformations and trials -both figurative and literal.
Elegantly written, incomparably insightful, and unexpectedly compassionate, Jefferson's riff on one of history's greatest entertainers leaves us with provocative and perhaps unanswerable questions about the very nature of fame itself.