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Title: A great singer deserves a far better biography
Review: It is a mystery how this apparently unedited mess made its way into the Baskerville series. Some of their other "Great Singers" bios are definitely worthwhile. I'm not talking about a split infinitive or two, but rather about such choppy syntax and punctuation that the reader has to do all the work to derive any meaning at all. Also, it conveys no real sense of the great Stevens. The 40-buck price in the jacket flap makes it all the more jaw dropping. The publisher should have at least hired a temp for a few hours to clean up the worst of it. I'm wondering if the sole criticism in Mr. Pennino's defense is a friend or relative. With luck, Stevens will someday receive the documentation her talent merits.
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