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Untouchable : The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson

ISBN: 9780802119629 | 080211962X

Format: Trade Book
Publisher: Grove Press
Pub. Date: 11/13/2012

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Summary

When Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009, millions of shocked fans gathered to grieve a beloved star whose music is universally recognized as timeless. But the outpouring of emotion that followed his death was bittersweet. Dogged by scandal for over fifteen years, the pop culture icon had become untouchable in many quarters, a fact that wounded him deeply. Now, drawing on unprecedented access to friends, enemies, employees, and associates of Jackson, longtime Rolling Stonecontributing editor Randall Sullivan delivers a remarkable portrait of ... MOREa man both naive and cunning, a devoted father whose parenting decisions created international outcry, a shrewd businessman whose successes blew up in his face and whose failures nearly brought down a megacorporation, and an inveterate narcissist who wanted more than anything a quiet and solitary life. Untouchablebegins with Jackson's final four years, during which he plotted his comeback with an album that included collaborations with Will.i.am, Kanye West, and Carlos Santana, as well as a series of fifty megaconcerts for which he was rehearsing until the day before his death. With never-before-reported information about Jackson's business dealings and the pedophilia allegations that irreparably marked his reputation and firsthand accounts of Jackson during his childhood superstardom with the Jackson Five, Untouchableis a sweeping, thorough and unflinching glimpse into the turbulent life and untimely death of the King of Pop.

Originally scheduled for December 2010 and featured in Prepub Exploded (June 17), this study by Rolling Stone contributing editor Sullivan has been moved to June 2011, the two-year anniversary of Jackson's death. With a six-city tour.

Drawing on unprecedented access to friends, enemies, employees, and associates of Michael Jackson, longtime "Rolling Stone" contributing editor Sullivan chronicles the last four years of Jackson's life.

"A dishy Michael Jackson biography that makes the exhaustively covered King of Pop fascinating all over again."�People�The first deep-dive narrative by a veteran journalist covering the King of Pop�s convoluted final years on earth . . . [Untouchable] helps cast Jackson in a new light.��Los Angeles Times �A tale of family, fame, lost childhood, and startling accusations never heard before.��ABC Nightline Untouchable portrays Michael Jackson�s life and death in unprecedented depth. Beginning with his last departure from Neverland, Sullivan captures Jackson's final years shuttling around the world, and plans to recapture his wealth and reputation with a comeback album and planned series of fifty mega-concerts. Sullivan delves deep into Jackson�s past, depicting a man both naive and deeply cunning, a devoted father whose parenting decisions created international outcry, a shrewd businessman whose failures nearly brought down a megacorporation, and an inveterate narcissist who desperately wanted a quiet, normal life. Sullivan has never-before-reported information about Jackson�s business dealings, the pedophilia allegations that besmirched his reputation, and the fate of his billion-dollar-plus estate, and exclusive access to inner-circle figures including Jackson�s former attorneys and managers. Untouchable is a remarkable portrait of the man who still reigns as King of Pop.

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