"Among Stefan Kanfer's gifts as a biographer are scrupulous
research, fine judgement, and a critical knowledge of the wider
world. But what sets him apart is his sense of music, which allows
him to see the inexpressible. In Ball of Fire he gives us Lucy,
whose life was hard and collapsible, yet who enchanted us because
she was the music."
-Roger Rosenblatt
"While paying close mind to the details of an astonishing career,
Kanfer also illuminates the inner turmoil...Kanfer gently conveys
how great she was and how small she could be."
-"N.Y. Daily News"
"Canny critic and cultural historian Kanfer...[with] entertaining
and thoughtful observations bring(s) The Redhead into sharp
focus."
-"Kirkus"
.,."excellent, compulsively readable..."
-"Publisher's Weekly"
"Ball of Fire is a memorable portrait of its subject in all her
gifted weirdness."
-"Washington Post Book World"
"Ball of Fire does convey a vivid sense of [Lucy's] fearlessness.
Stefan Kanfer has the whole heroic story."
-"New York Times Book Review"
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