PositiveThe Wall Street JournalMr. Kendall’s biography avoids being an intrusive, interrogating look at the cartoonist and his longstanding narrative. It reads as if the author wished not to bug Mr. Trudeau, who certainly cooperated with the book but did not authorize it ... Much of the writing would not be out of place in a commemorative program. This lack of critical spirit may be related to one of the book’s more serious faults. Even as it relies heavily on the word \'preppy\' to explain Mr. Trudeau’s targets and subject, it makes little attempt to explore what a preppy is or what the word has meant ... Yet this uncritical approach comes with upsides, reintroducing an interesting but familiar subject for fresh consideration.
