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Untouchable : the strange life and tragic death of Michael Jackson / Randall Sullivan. --
Record details
- ISBN: 080211962X
- ISBN: 9780802119629
- Physical Description: xiii, 776 p. : ill. (some col.)
- Edition: 1st ed. --
- Publisher: New York : Grove/Atlantic, c2012.
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| General Note: | "Grove Press." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [603]-776). |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 39.95 |
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- Baker & Taylor
The author ofThe Miracle Detective traces the story of Michael Jackson's life from his famous childhood through his final four years, drawing on interviews with his friends, enemies and other associates to include coverage of his international travels, business acumen and parenting approaches. (This book was previously listed in Forecast .) - Baker & Taylor
Traces the story of Michael Jackson's life from his famous childhood through his final four years, drawing on interviews with his friends, enemies, and other associates to cover his international travels, business acumen, and parenting decisions. - Blackwell Publishing
When Michael Jackson passed away on June 25, 2009, millions of fans around the world were shocked. Many of them gathered at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, at the Jackson family homes in Los Angeles and Gary, Indiana, and in cities across the globe to grieve for a star whose music is universally recognized as timeless.
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 years and undone by his own tendency to trust the wrong people, Jackson had become untouchable in many quarters, which wounded him deeply. Untouchable takes readers into the reality of a Michael Jackson they have never met-a man who, from his childhood under the constant glare of the spotlight to his fall from grace, had always been one and who, in the we of a criminal trial that left him briefly hospitalized and broken in spirit, abandoned Neverland to wander the globe without a home.
Jackson shuttled from Bahrain, where he was the guest of a prince who later ended up suing him, to Ireland, where he lived for a few brief months a quiet domestic life, until his attempts to work on a comeback album brought the paparazzi and shattered his peace. With his return to the United States-to homes in Las Vegas and Los Angeles-his attempt to recapture his wealth and reputation would begin in earnest, with a financial bailout for his massive debt and plans for a series of fifty megaconcerts for which he was rehearsing until his death. The Jackson that emerges in these pages is both naive and deeply cunning, a devoted father whose parenting decisions created international outcry, a shrewd businessman whose failures nearly brought down a megacorporation, and an inveterate narcissist who wanted more than anything a quiet, solitary, normal life.
Randall Sullivan delivers never-before-reported information about Jackson's business dealings, his relationship with his family, and the pedophilia allegations that irreparably marked his reputation and changed him personally, as well as the inside story on the guardianship of his children, the foundations of his estate-whose value has grown dramatically since his death- and whether anyone besides Conrad Murray will be held accountable for his death. Based on exclusive access to inner-circle figures including former attorneys, business partners, managers, as well as advisors to Michael's mother Katherine, the guardian of his children, Untouchable is an intimate, unflinching, deeply human portrait of the life and afterlife of Michael Jackson, a man of uncountable contradictions who continues to reign as the Icing of Pop. - Perseus Publishing"A dishy Michael Jackson biography that makes the exhaustively covered King of Pop fascinating all over again."?People
?The first deep-dive narrative by a veteran journalist covering the King of Popâs convoluted final years on earth . . . [Untouchable] helps cast Jackson in a new light.â?Los Angeles Times
?A tale of family, fame, lost childhood, and startling accusations never heard before.â?ABC Nightline
Untouchable portrays Michael Jacksonâs life and death in unprecedented depth. Beginning with his last departure from Neverland, Sullivan captures Jackson's final years shuttling around the world, and plans to recapture his wealth and reputation with a comeback album and planned series of fifty mega-concerts. Sullivan delves deep into Jacksonâs past, depicting a man both naive and deeply cunning, a devoted father whose parenting decisions created international outcry, a shrewd businessman whose failures nearly brought down a megacorporation, and an inveterate narcissist who desperately wanted a quiet, normal life. Sullivan has never-before-reported information about Jacksonâs business dealings, the pedophilia allegations that besmirched his reputation, and the fate of his billion-dollar-plus estate, and exclusive access to inner-circle figures including Jacksonâs former attorneys and managers. Untouchable is a remarkable portrait of the man who still reigns as King of Pop. - Perseus Publishing"A dishy Michael Jackson biography that makes the exhaustively covered King of Pop fascinating all over again."âPeople
âThe first deep-dive narrative by a veteran journalist covering the King of Popâs convoluted final years on earth . . . [Untouchable] helps cast Jackson in a new light.ââLos Angeles Times
âA tale of family, fame, lost childhood, and startling accusations never heard before.ââABC Nightline
Untouchable portrays Michael Jacksonâs life and death in unprecedented depth. Beginning with his last departure from Neverland, Sullivan captures Jackson's final years shuttling around the world, and plans to recapture his wealth and reputation with a comeback album and planned series of fifty mega-concerts. Sullivan delves deep into Jacksonâs past, depicting a man both naive and deeply cunning, a devoted father whose parenting decisions created international outcry, a shrewd businessman whose failures nearly brought down a megacorporation, and an inveterate narcissist who desperately wanted a quiet, normal life. Sullivan has never-before-reported information about Jacksonâs business dealings, the pedophilia allegations that besmirched his reputation, and the fate of his billion-dollar-plus estate, and exclusive access to inner-circle figures including Jacksonâs former attorneys and managers. Untouchable is a remarkable portrait of the man who still reigns as King of Pop. - Perseus Publishing"A dishy Michael Jackson biography that makes the exhaustively covered King of Pop fascinating all over again."People
The first deep-dive narrative by a veteran journalist covering the King of Popâs convoluted final years on earth . . . [Untouchable] helps cast Jackson in a new light.âLos Angeles Times
A tale of family, fame, lost childhood, and startling accusations never heard before.âABC Nightline
Untouchable portrays Michael Jacksonâs life and death in unprecedented depth. Beginning with his last departure from Neverland, Sullivan captures Jackson's final years shuttling around the world, and plans to recapture his wealth and reputation with a comeback album and planned series of fifty mega-concerts. Sullivan delves deep into Jacksonâs past, depicting a man both naive and deeply cunning, a devoted father whose parenting decisions created international outcry, a shrewd businessman whose failures nearly brought down a megacorporation, and an inveterate narcissist who desperately wanted a quiet, normal life. Sullivan has never-before-reported information about Jacksonâs business dealings, the pedophilia allegations that besmirched his reputation, and the fate of his billion-dollar-plus estate, and exclusive access to inner-circle figures including Jacksonâs former attorneys and managers.Untouchable is a remarkable portrait of the man who still reigns as King of Pop.
