Reviews

"This is Lenny. That most fascinating paradox who eluded everyone has been movingly captured by Meryle Secrest."
-- Arthur Laurents
"Meryle Secrest's biography is celebratory, as (given the subject) it ought to be; it is also sensitive, highly informative, full of good testimony, and honest. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading it."
Richard Wilbur
"A most thoughtful and balanced portrait, clear-eyed yet sympathetic, intelligently written and, above all, highly readable."
Gary Graffman
"From the plethora of recent Bernsteiniana, Secret's biography emerges as the definitive portrait because it is the most level-headed, the most humane, and certainly the best written." -- Ned Rorem