Title: Watered down "Thing of Beauty"
Product review: No one can say that the life of Gia Carangi wasn't tragically fascinating--especially the author of this book. Unfortunately it takes him around the corner to the milk store and back until he makes his point. This book is over 400 pages long, and although it's well-written and documented, it could have been at least 100 pages shorter. Stephen Fried has definitely done his homework, but this book feels more like a documentary of the 70's fashion world than a biography of Gia. He goes a bit overboard in detailing EVERY SINGLE person in Gia's life and it gets frustrating for the reader who really doesn't care much about every hairdresser, photographer or lunch lady that ever entered Gia's life.For those of you out there that are interested in every aspect of 70's fashion--read this book, you'll love it. For those of you who could care less--you might want to skip this one.
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