Sinatra

Just in time for the Chairman's centennial, the endlessly absorbing sequel to James Kaplan's bestselling Frank: The Voice—finally the definitive biography that Frank Sinatra, justly termed "The Entertainer of the Century," deserves and requires. Like Peter Guralnick on Elvis, Kaplan goes behind the legend to give us the man in full, in his many guises and aspects: peerless singer, (sometimes) powerful actor, business mogul, tireless lover, and associate of the powerful and infamous.
    
     In 2010's Frank: The Voice, James Kaplan, in rich, distinctive, compulsively readable prose, told the story of Frank Sinatra's meteroic rise to fame, subsequent failures, and reinvention as a star of live performance and screen. The story of "Ol' Blue Eyes" continues with Sinatra: The Chairman, picking up the day after Frank claimed his Academy Award in 1954 and had reestablished himself as the top recording artist in music. Frank's life post-Oscar was incredibly dense: in between recording albums and singles, he often shot four or five movies a year; did TV show and nightclub appearances; started his own label, Reprise; and juggled his considerable commercial ventures (movie production, the restaurant business, even prizefighter management) alongside his famous and sometimes notorious social activities and commitments.


From the Hardcover edition.

Chiar la timp pentru centenarul presedintelui, continuarea nesfarsita a celui mai bine vandut Frank: Vocea lui James Kaplan - in cele din urma biografia definitiva pe care Frank Sinatra, numita in mod corect „Animatorul secolului”, o merita si o cere. La fel ca Peter Guralnick pentru Elvis, Kaplan se indreapta in spatele legendei pentru a ne oferi omul in intregime, in numeroasele sale chipuri si aspecte: cantaret fara egal, (uneori) actor puternic, mogul de afaceri, iubit neobosit si asociat al puternicului si infamului.