Meadia COOL
This revision of Preiss's '79 bio hit the stands about a month prior to Dennis Wilson's death, so timely it isn't. But authorized it is—which means sanitized, dry, approved-bycommittee and positive, always positive. Even when it shouldn't be.
Meadia COOL
THE BEACH BOYS by Byron Preiss (St. Martin's Press)
This revision of Preiss's '79 bio hit the stands about a month prior to Dennis Wilson's death, so timely it isn't. But authorized it is—which means sanitized, dry, approved-bycommittee and positive, always positive. Even when it shouldn't be. The story of the Beach Boys — the most fascinating soap opera in all rock—contains enough tragedy, comedy and tangled relationships to confound Willie Shakespeare, but here author Preiss tells us nothing that couldn't be gleaned from a Beach Boys press release. Do you realize Dennis Wilson's last wife was actually Mike Love's daughter? And that these guys used to hate each other? And maybe still do? If so, you read* it in People, not here. This doesn't even scratch the surface.
D.D.
FEVRE DREAM by George R.R. Martin (Pocket Books)