Biography is the dominant nonfiction of our age, as Nigel Hamilton observes in “Biography: A Brief History” (Harvard, 360 pages, $21.95). It pervades the press. So why is there “no single, accessible ...
If, as Fred Allen once said, imitation is the sincerest form of television, then A&E’s “Biography” is the most sincerely imitated show on the tube. Not one but two big-ticket “Biography” rip-offs are ...