Michael Jackson: Unauthorized [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING] Andersen, Christopher [Very Good] [Hardcover]

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Very good condition blue boards/white cloth spine/black spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Christopher Andersen; Author Dedication; Author's Note; Epilogue; Notes and Sources; Acknowledgments; Index and Photo Credits. Illustrated with two sections of black-and-white photographic plates. Some rubbing at the upper front cover edge (see photographs); the volume is otherwise in fine condition. All pages are in fine unmarked condition and the spine/binding is in exceedingly tight and square practically unread condition (see photograhs). ""Michael Jackson was the most talked-about, written-about, and rumored-about pop star of all time even before headline-grabbing child sex-abuse charges threatened to end his career. That he is at the epicenter of the show-business scandal of the century seems only fitting: Michael Jackson is, after all, generally conceded to be the greatest entertainer of our time. Reclusive, enigmatic, and utterly fascinating, he is also the man for whom the word ""bizarre"" might have been invented. Now bestselling author Christopher Andersen strips away the mystique with the first comprehensive, uncompromising biography of the most controversial person - male or female - on the planet. Interviewing countless friends, advisers, family members, teachers, coworkers, business partners, neighbors, intimates, and employees, Andersen paints a mesmerizing, often shocking, portrayal of the Man in the Mirror. Michael Jackson Unauthorized is packed with startling revelations, including: New deatils of his relationships with Diana Ross, Elizabeth Taylor, Jackie Onassis, Brooke Shields, Tatum O'Neal, Prince, Kate Hepburn, Jane Fonda, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Madonna - as well as sisters La Toya and Janet; Michael's fascination with the occult and the Mafia; The true extent of his plastic surgery, and the strange reasons behind Jackson's desperate efforts to remake himself; A rare behind-the-scenes glimpse inside Jackson's billion-dollar business empire as well as his schemes for creating controversies to keep him in the public eye - and how that strategy backfired spectacularly; From his ""family"" of mannequins, his hyperbaric chamber, and the Elephant Man's bones to the single glove and the surgical masks - why Michael cultivated his image as the Wizard of Odd; Michael's history of panic attacks and breakdowns - and how drug addiction pushed him to the brink of suicide; The full, untold story of Michael and his ""special friends"" - what really happened between this modern Pied Piper and his followers. Here is Michael Jackson in all his brilliance and complexity: the crotch-grabbing sex symbol who at thirty-six remains a virgin; the preening narcissist who hates his face so much he transforms it through plastic surgery; the diehard promoter of family virtues who resents his own; the man who never had a childhood - and the child who never grew up....