About the Author

David Hajdu is the author of "Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn." Lately he has written for "Vanity Fair," "The New York Review of Books," and "The New York Times Magazine." He lives in Manhattan.

Reviews

"A hauntingly evocative blend of biography, musicology and pop cultural history . . ." --Janet Maslin, "The New York Times"

"[A] lovely madeleine of a book" ("The New York Times") about the intertwined lives of the sixties' most gifted young foursome.