Divided Soul: The Life Of Marvin Gaye
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Rating | : | 4.99 (988 Votes) |
Asin | : | 030681191X |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
Language | : | English |
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""Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye"" according to Sheila Taylor. I'm glad that I ignored some of the reviews that I read about this book. I feel that David Ritz did an excellent job of dissecting and analyzing Mr. Gaye. There were many instances where I found myself highlighting sections in the book. I have read several books about . Marvin Gaye Was Incredibly Honest About Himself This was an often fascinating narrative. There is a lot of direct quoting of Marvin Gaye who I found incredibly honest, almost too honest, particularly about his sex life and insecurities and what he thought about women (bit of a chauvinist). He did not seem to have a . But like driving past a car accident I had to look As a big Marvin Gaye fan, I kind of wish I had not read this. But like driving past a car accident I had to look. This man had very serious psychological issues that were not helped by serious drug abuse. Also for someone considered to be a "sex god" he was not a man t
With a cast of characters that includes Diana Ross, Berry Gordy, Smokey Robinson, and Stevie Wonder, this intimate biography is a definitive and enduring look at the man who embodied the very essence of the word soul.. Drawing from interviews conducted before Marvin Gaye's death, acclaimed music writer David Ritz has created a full-scale portrait of the brilliant but tormented artist
He lives in Los Angeles.. King. Gleason Music Book Award. David Ritz is the author of Faith in Time: The Life of Jimmy Scott, Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye, and many other books with or about Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and B.B. He is a three-time winner of the Ralph J
PW recommended that the Motown singer's fans "skip the book and listen to his records instead." Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Publishers Weekly Based largely on interviews for a projected "autobiography" that was cancelled after Gaye's death in 1984 at the hands of his father, this book is neither especially well-written nor perceptive.