Books
March, 1979
Lauren Bacall's long-awaited autobiography will not disappoint her many fans, but Lauren Bacall by Myself (Knopf) may discourage those who are merely curious. It's clear that Bacall wrote the book herself—actually, it reads as though she talked it into a tape recorder and sanded it from the transcript. The effect is somewhat like having a 330-page lunch with a world-weary woman who's rambling on as she picks through her chicken salad. There's some good gossip, there are some great insights into...
