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Mercury News – October 24, 2008
"...Ingeniously, Hanson has compiled delicious tidbits from dozens
of biographies, diaries, letters and obituaries. More ingeniously,
he's woven them together with great care and wit — Verdi, next to
Cleopatra, next to Peter Sellers on one page; Garbo, next to Jesus,
next to Charles Schulz on another — from infancy to death, 1 to 100.
What follows is the fascinating evolution and decay of celebrity,
the peaks and valleys of famous lives, side-by-side, an
intermingling of eras, and 296 pages of did-you-knows".
-- Mike Frankel |
Booklist – July 1, 2008
"When Eric Hanson’s A Book of Ages turned up on my desk the other
day, I didn’t expect to like it. The premise was intriguing: what
various famous people did at a certain age, from 1 to 100. My
skepticism, though, came from the assumption that the book would be
made up of prodigious feats by extremely talented (John Stewart
Mills masters Greek at age 7) and if there is one thing I am sick of
is prodigies… Although Hanson does mention ways too many youthful
prodigies and aging optimists for my taste, I’m happy to report that
his compendium includes a healthy supply of underachieving tykes and
grumpy or at least wildly eccentric seniors"
-- Bill Ott |
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