Books
December, 1989
The Danger in writing about larger-than-life characters, such as John Huston, is that the writer will fall victim to the mythology, be seduced by egotistical bravura and end up portraying a popular icon instead of a man. In many sections of The Hustons (Scribner's), biographer Lawrence Grobel rightly allows Huston to set the scene, pick the camera angles and tell his story with all the power of a master raconteur. Then Grobel turns to a chorus of other voices providing corroboration, correction...
