[.ca] His Way: An Unauthorized Biography Of Frank Sinatra (ISBN 0553265156)

Trashy, tabloid crap.:
This book paints Sinatra in a very bad light which misses the point if you want the whole story. Hardly mentioned is Sinatra's talent, because it gets lost in stories of temper tantrums and other sodid details. This book will obviously appeal to those who think they know all about Frank Sinatra, since it's in a book it's gotta be true sort of an attitude. For a better understanding on Frank Sinatra, read his daughters books.

Ol' Red Eyes:
This book is very readable. Pick it up at any page and go. A lot of Sinatras wild exploits are written about. Many are of a negative nature (as many interesting wild exploits are), but there are many references supporting them. The long length of this book, combined with its interesting items, and its ease of reading, make this book great. Truth or not? Who knows to what degree. Certainly there have been enough well documented incidents with Sinatra that the content of this book is not unreasonable to believe. It does focus on his behavior, and life, more than his actual music activities. If that makes this book "tabloid" then fine, it also makes it interesting and readable. For in depth Sinatra music related biographical information, there must be a better book than this. This book is great if you are intersted in the wild exploits of his life. And oh they were wild. The book keeps moving. Its fast (though long). Nothing in the book is uninteresting.

Fun Fiction:
I didn't know Frank was in the mob and was required to bed down every new star in Hollywood, oh yea an then there was the part about him and Jack Ruby... If you have ever read one of her books then this is the same thing, an easy to read book full of juicy rumors and assumptions that are fun to read. My only complaint is that I think her legal team probably goes over the test better then the editors, some cuts here and there would have made it moves a bit faster. This book is like a 350 page Start Tabloid issue devoted to Frank, if that is your type of thing this is a good book for you. IF you are after an unbiased story I would keep looking.

Don't waste your money on this garbage!!!!:
Don't buy this garbage, if you want to read about Frank Sinatra and want to know what he was really like pick up "Frank Sinatra: An American Legend: by Nancy Sinatra" and "My Father's Daughter :by Tina Sinatra" =-)

"If Adolph Hitler Could Sing.....":
When her meat cleaver of a 'biography', "His Way," was first published in 1986, Kitty Kelley appeared on the Larry King show and claimed it was a "balanced" book. Had King read the book and if he had some guts as an interviewer, he would have laughed her off the show. Claiming "His Way" is "balanced" is like the Grand Dragon of the KKK stating his group is racially mixed. With a certain amount of glee, Kelley recounts every seamy story of Sinatra's personal life...the women, the brawls, the fits of temper, the mistreatment of employees (Frank allegedly dumped a plate of spaghetti over his valet's head, because the man didn't cook it 'al dente'). Nowhere, however, in this litany of horrors, real or rumored, does Sinatra, the musician,emerge. "His Way" paints the man who many regard as the finest pop singer of our time,as a psychotic egomaniac, who sang a song from time to time. Kelley completely misses the point of what made Sinatra so alluring to the public...the dichotomy of the public man and the private artist...that a man so capable of violence and ugliness could also produce such continually beautiful music through the years (Example: Kelley recounts the year 1965 without once mentioning Sinatra's record breaking tour with the Basie band). By almost ignoring the music, Kelley has produced a book with the mentality of the worst of the supermarket tabloids...no Sinatra epitaph would ever use the phrase "Frank was a nice guy," but'His Way' portrays a man who was Adolph Hitler with a tuxedo and hand mike. It's like writing a biogprahy of Picasso and adding as a footnote at the end.."oh, by the way, he could ALSO paint!"