Reviews
Kirkus Reviews, 4/15/09 "A eulogy for the 1960s…Though it often reads like an extended society gossip column, the narrative is studded with enough trivia and name-dropping to engage ex-hippies and other fans of '60s culture."San Francisco Bay Guardian, 5/6/09 "This book [is] a great gift from the cosmos."New York Post, 5/10/09 "A look at the '60s through the lens of two of Swinging England's beautiful people."Seattle Times, 5/17/09 "Greenfield's reporting skill is admirable, and when he quotes Puss' last letter to her sons, it is bone-chilling. As the author of two previous books on the Rolling Stones, Greenfield brings the decade to life as well as any writer, without ignoring the darkness that soon envelops this family."Tuscon Citizen, 5/7/09 "This highly readable cautionary tale centers on two privileged people who lost their bearings in a hazy world of drugs, free love and unfulfilled dreams."Monterey Herald, 5/21/09 "His books, articles, profiles, stories and scripts have made his voice one of the prominent spokespersons for the 1960s. In his work, he delves beneath the surface of the lives of some of the most important figures of this music generation, showing readers the humanity that lives beneath fame and glory."January.com, 5/15/09 "Reads, at times, like a novel…This book is just stuffed full of…juicy tidbits."Washington Times, 5/31/09 "[An] extraordinary story, part magical mystery tour and part morality tale…Greenfield has done a marvelous job of re-creating the wild ride of Tommy and Puss with a splendid immediacy…As rendered here anyway, they are in themselves fascinating characters, oddly compelling and attractive despite their glaring flaws…Greenfield is a superb guide through the turbulent world where this odd couple led their frenzied lives…One of the most powerful cautionary tales about the heady Sixties that I have ever read."Los Angeles Times, 5/31/09 "[A] fascinating book about beautiful people gone down."Blogcritics.org, 5/2//09 "[A] well-researched biography...To some extent, [Puss and Tommy's] story could be a metaphor for their era, a tale of promise that, with liberal doses of 'sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll,' devolved into self-absorption and self-ruin."Boston Globe, 6/4/09 "Well researched, and the interviews with Jake and Charley Weber, the couple's tempest-tossed sons, are engrossing…Greenfield is a vivid writer with an unmatched grip on the tawdry. Many anecdotes are entertaining."InfoDad.com "[An] accurate portrayal of some of the less-than-'groovy' aspects of the Swinging Sixties."Publishersweekly.com, 6/15/09 "Greenfield documents the end of swinging London and the psychedelic 1960s through the breakdown of a high-society, scene-hopping married couple…Capturing the tenor and tone of the era, Greenfield's dysfunctional family is just as mesmerizing as his previous big-name subjects like Jerry Garcia and Timothy Leary."Curledup.com "Greenfield understands this period and writes about it with candor and authority."Curledup.com "A great read, redolent of the times it so luridly depicts."New York Waste, June 2009 "[An] amazing book…told brilliantly…A true story of two extremely fascinating people…The most exciting biography to come out in a very long time!"The Yummy List, 6/27/09 "The sort of real life, Kirkus Reviews , 4/15/09 "A eulogy for the 1960s...Though it often reads like an extended society gossip column, the narrative is studded with enough trivia and name-dropping to engage ex-hippies and other fans of '60s culture.", Kirkus Reviews, 4/15/09 "A eulogy for the 1960s…Though it often reads like an extended society gossip column, the narrative is studded with enough trivia and name-dropping to engage ex-hippies and other fans of '60s culture."
