Explosive ... Offers an intriguing insight into his playwright friend's fascination with the actress and charts the trajectory of a relationship doomed to self-destruct Daily Express
Jeffrey Meyers is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and has recently been given an Award in Literature by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has written extensively on literature, film and art; his books have been published on all six continents, and twenty-five of them have been translated into twelve languages. His biography of Samuel Johnson appeared in 2008. He lives in Berkeley, California.