I have finished the new Ralph Stanley biography, Man of Constant Sorrow: My Life and Times. The book is officially authored by Ralph Stanley and Eddie Dean so I am not sure if this should be considered a biography, an autobiography, or some hybrid of the two. Perhaps there should be a new category called "celebrity biography" because of the way they are written from interviews and taped conversations. This one, for instance, is entirely in the spoken voice of Ralph Stanley.After 6 books, this is what the real time list now looks like:
1. Man of Constant Sorrow - Ralph Stanley and Eddie Dean (biography)I'm a bit surprised that I still have not found a 5.0 rated book. I have already abandoned three books, too, so maybe I'm just more impatient than I was at the end of last year.
2. The Opposite Field - Jesse Katz (memoir)
3. The Calligrapher's Daughter - Eugenia Kim (novel)
4. Boston Noir - Dennis Lehane, Editor (short story collection)
5. The Unnamed - Joshua Ferris (novel)
6. William S. and the Great Escape - Zilpha Keattey Snyder (Children's book)
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