Author Simon Van Booy explains why we “must read” George, Being George: George Plimpton’s Life as Told, Admired, Deplored and Envied by 200 Friends, Relatives, Lovers, Acquaintances, Rivals – and a Few Unappreciative Observers.
This book is full of Plimpton's most famous antics: his love of fireworks, his experiences with the New York Philharmonic and the Detroit Lions, and his exploits as a trapeze artist for the Barnum & Bailey circus. It also contains more tender, private sentiments of the man who wrestled the gun from Robert Kennedy's assassin and who was a husband, a father and a mentor. – from “Tasting the Flavors of Life as Only ‘George’ Could,” by Simon Van Booy, NPR Website