A review by pearloz
Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul by James McBride

4.0

Fun, breezy, McBride does blithely skim past the more troubling aspects of James Brown's later life (the domestic abuse, the drug use, the...erratic behavior), and paints a sunnier picture than you think it should merit; he also injects himself into the narrative a little more than necessary (I'm thinking of the discussion of his divorce that really had no deep connection to the rest of the book). But despite these flaws, I think McBride's writing is so good, you really can enjoy the book.