RaveThe Los Angeles TimesMagnificent ... Uniquely intimate ... Writing as a historian and storyteller, Holley never lets us lose sight of the complex tapestry of movements that marked the era ... Holley also, without any hint of hagiography, recasts familiar tales about Tupac’s troubled career by fitting them with the experiences of his radical predecessors, including their revolutionary actions but also their paranoia, suspicions of friends and fears of failure ... The greatest triumph of An Amerikan Family is the way Holley expertly blends archival research — including court documents, congressional transcripts, FBI records and newspaper clippings — with oral history to tell human stories that are at once exceptional and recognizable.
