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Brian, Denis,

Fair game : what biographers don't tell you / Denis Brian. - 373 pages : illustration ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Discusses the truthfulness and reliability of a variety of modern biographers, including Truman Capote, Kitty Kelley, Charles Higham, Bob Woodward, and Joe McGinniss, and argues that tape recorders, the Freedom of Information Act, and computers do not guarantee accurate biographies.

ISBN: 0879758996 (cloth : acid-free) 9780879758998

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Biography as a literary form.
Biographers--United States.

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Dewey Class. No.: 808.06692 / BRI