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    Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson

    By Randall Sullivan

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    Drawing on never-before-seen material, this definitive biography exposes the true extent of the Jackson family's dysfunctionality -- evidence of which is still in the public eye as they dispute the star's will


    Jackson was the most talented, richest, and most famous pop star on the planet. But the outpouring of emotion that followed his loss was bittersweet. Dogged by scandal for over fifteen years, and undone by his own tendency to trust the wrong people, Jackson had become untouchable in many quarters, a fact that wounded him deeply. Now, drawing on unprecedented access to friends, enemies, employees, and associates of Jackson, Randall Sullivan delivers an intimate, unflinching, and deeply human portrait of a man who was never quite understood by the media, his fans, or even those closest to him. Untouchable promises to be a profound investigation into the enigma that was Michael Jackson.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAtlantic Books
    Release dateNov 13, 2012
    ISBN9781611859935
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    Randall Sullivan

    RANDALL SULLIVAN was a contributing editor to Rolling Stone for over twenty years. His writing has also appeared in Esquire, Wired, Outside, Men’s Journal, The Washington Post, and the Guardian. Sullivan is the author of The Price of Experience; LAbyrinth, which is the basis for the forthcoming feature film City of Lies; The Miracle Detective, the book that inspired the television show The Miracle Detectives, which Sullivan co-hosted and which premiered on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) in January 2011; and Untouchable. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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    • 4/5
      I'm not really a fan of Michael Jackson per se (although I do think he was very talented), but I'm interested in him because his life story touches on so many American themes: race, poverty, wealth, family, religion, tabloid culture, and self-reinvention, to name just a few. This book, while fascinating, was too detailed for me to get through on a single library loan period, and I couldn't renew it because there is a waiting list. I look forward to finishing later.
    • 4/5
      If you think your own family is messed up, this might be the book that changes your mind. This bio of Michael Jackson is well-researched but a bit tabloidy. I really had hoped for more discussion of his music, his youth, and especially the Thriller album; the bulk of this book is about the child molestation accusations, his 2005 trial, and his death. Not to mention all the shenanigans after his death; the book goes on for another 150 pages after May 2009! It's all interesting but just terribly sad. Jackson comes across as an extremely lonely and vulnerable man who was very badly served by almost everyone in his life.