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GG: Favorite Biography or Nonfiction about GG?



Which is your favorite biography or nonfiction about GG? Do
you prefer traditional biographies, such as the Friederich
book or the Ostwald biographies?

Or do you prefer non-biographical nonfiction books, such as
Kevin Bazanna's book? The Glenn Gould Reader? The Selected
Letters? The Payzant book? The Jock Carroll book? (For the
visual learners on the list. <g>) The Cott interview?

Do you prefer the construction of Rhonda Bergman's "The Idea of Gould" with its interviews and essays and
essay-like interviews? (I must admit that's become my
favorite! <g> The structure really works for the subject of
GG, and the passion of the author really shows through.)

OTOH have you found the best insight into Glenn Gould to be
in fiction, such as Tim Wyne-Jones' "The Maestro"?

Or do you think the ultimate Glenn Gould biography (one that
respects his passion for radio documentaries and the like
rather than trying to dissect and/or categorize him) is yet
to be written?

Maybe the next biographer of GG is on this list.

P.S. Don't look at me. My specialty is (unpublished)
novels. ;->