The definitive account of the life and work of Garry Trudeau, creator of the massively popular Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoon Doonesbury, based on archival sources and original interviews.
This may be close to a perfect biography. It’s a warm and fuzzy romp for baby boomers eager to reconnect with their bright college years and beyond. And it’s a perfect biography for Trudeau: respectful, informative, and none too intrusive — just the way he would want it, I think.
The first major biography of this reclusive satirist ... It doesn’t dig too deep. It verges on hagiography ... Kendall’s book works anyway; it has a good story to tell. I devoured it in two or three sittings, as if it were an ideal bag of popcorn. This book will be a many-sided nostalgia trip for anyone who’s read Doonesbury in something like real time, and a mind-popping introduction to Trudeau’s oeuvre for tykes who did not ... It’s a meat-and-potatoes biography. Sometimes that’s the best kind: Get out of the way and let the story tell itself. I occasionally longed for a more authoritative voice.
