Monkey Business: The Lives and Legends of the Marx Brothers Book

And interesting account of the extraordinary lives of some of the pillars of American comedy. I was, however, somewhat disappointed in the writing itself. Among other things, I was annoyed at how often the author would reference himself at several points during the story. In a forward or even an epilogue of the story of other historical people, it would be acceptable for an author to offer a personal opinion or background on their studies, but doing it at several points throughout the book takes the reader out of the subject matter, and constantly reminds them that they're not there in the first half of the twentieth century witnessing the lives of the masters of comedy, but rather simply reading the culmination of someone's research and interviews. A biographer should never use the word "I" in a book (unless of course, they're directly quoting someone).