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Robin by Dave Itzkoff
4.0

As a 10 year old, in the mid 1990's I found my mom's briefcase of cassettes from the 80's. Next to Whitney Houston and Frank Zappa was a stand-up comedy recording of Robin Williams. Was it appropriate for a 10 year old, of course not. Did I understand all the jokes, nope but I understood enough to be an instant fan. I had watched some of his movies (Awakenings, Dead Poets Society) and developed a small obsession with the Good Morning, Vietnam soundtrack. I then started to record myself pretending to be a deejay mimicking Robin's style.

For many years, Robin was my favorite actor hands down. Like the rest of the world I was shocked by his passing. I sobbed for a stranger I never met for two days.

All of this resulted in me shelving this book for years. I was avoiding the inevitable sadness. This book captures the entire span of his life, it was completed after his passing. I only cried about five times. I felt the book was gentle, it was committed to the perceived reality of his life. The author wrote the book with love.