Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye

Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye

Rating

7.0

The Pequod Review:

David Ritz had extremely close access to Marvin Gaye for the last ten years of his life, which should have positioned him well to write Divided Soul, a biography of Gaye's life. Unfortunately, his book is poorly written, includes far-fetched sexual psychoanalyses of Gaye, and lacks any musical sophistication. Nonetheless, it is extremely detailed, and includes interesting information on Gaye's troubled personal life and the extraordinary history of Motown Records.