I got this book for Christmas from my parents quite a while ago. I finally got a chance to read it on a business trip to Sacramento. I think I would have enjoyed one of the many biographies on Sinatra more thank this (a diatribe on ‘why Sinatra matters’: musically, culturally, etc.), but I enjoyed the read all the same. When I returned home, I was inspired to rent “From Here to Eternity” – which I also enjoyed.