New Angle On The 'Man In The Mirror'

Soundcheck | Jan 22, 2013

The late King of Pop is the subject of a new biography, Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson by former Rolling Stone contributing editor Randall Sullivan. Weighing in at nearly 800 pages, the book aims to dig deeper into a much-analyzed life. Music writer Bill Wyman reviewed Untouchable for The New Yorker and joins us with his take.

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