Unmasked, Ian Halperin
Unmasked, Ian Halperin
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Unmasked
The Final Years of Michael Jackson

Author: Ian Halperin

Narrator: Richard Allen

Unabridged: 9 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/10/2009

Synopsis

In late December 2008, New York Times bestselling author Ian Halperin told the world that Michael Jackson had only six months to live. His investigations into Jackson's failing health made headlines around the globe. Six months later, the King of Pop was dead.

Whatever the final autopsy results reveal, it was greed that killed Michael Jackson. Friends and associates paint a tragic picture of the last years and days of his life as Jackson made desperate attempts to prepare for the planned concert series at London's O2 Arena in July 2009. These shows would have earned millions for the singer and his entourage, but he could never have completed them, not mentally and not physically.

Michael knew it and his advisers knew it. Anyone who caught even a fleeting glimpse of the frail old man hiding beneath the costumes and cosmetics would have understood that the London tour was madness. Why did it happen this way? After an intense five-year investigation, Halperin uncovers the real story of Michael Jackson's final years, a suspenseful and surprising thriller.

About Ian Halperin

Ian Halperin is a winner of the Rolling Stone magazine Award for Investigative Journalism. He is the author or coauthor of five books, including the bestsellers Fire and Rain: The James Taylor Story and Celine Dion: Behind the Fairytale, as well as a number of exposes on the modeling industry. He is coauthor, with Max Wallace, of Who Killed Kurt Cobain? Ian is a regular correspondent for Court TV and has contributed to 60 Minutes 2.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessica

Admittedly I have always been an MJ fan. I feel this author was fair and not out to trash him. I found the book to be interesting and seemingly factual and authentic. It wasn't overly wordy. I think it sheds light on what made the start tick and why he was the way he was. Ultimately I feel he was ve......more

Goodreads review by Rachel

A great book that intially was meant persecute Jackson and label him once and for all as a pedophile, but turned in light of the evidence. Perhaps the most unbiased view of Michael Jackson to date with admissions on strange or outright stupid behavior but also a look into who Michael Jackson was, sh......more

Goodreads review by Monica

I wasn't planning to read this book until a friend urged me to check it out. I was pleasantly surprised by the author's attempt to be fair and present Michael as neither a saint nor a total monster. I don't think we'll ever know the true story of Michael Jackson's life. This book did help me see him......more

Goodreads review by Isabel

I enjoyed reading this book and to know what was behind the mask of one of the most fascinating figures in the entertainment industry. His story is painful but I was also surprised by his power and how he controled his life. I believe he created his own misery by hiding so much his life.......more

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