Yale University Press

Porter's ghost could not ask for better care than he has been given in The Letters of Cole Porter . . . . Laid out with a meticulous scholarly apparatus, as though this were the correspondence... — The New Yorker More…

Hilmes offers a riveting read, a vibrant story full of cannily etched detail. In the end you feel you have been visiting the characters at home, observing with forensic exactitude all their foibles,... — Sunday Times More…

[W]hat emerges is an absorbing and highly readable portrait of a complex, larger-than-life character nicely described by a fellow-composer as 'one of the blessed ones who make everything they... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Refreshingly open about the limits of the evidence, especially for the composer's various flings, Nichols provides rich context making this essential reading for anyone interested in the French... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Essential in filling out a more humane and complete portrait of the composer and his art — Boston Globe More…

The story is complicated and many-faceted, yet Levi provides the detail and the context necessary for a convincing narrative. The tone, journalistic and anti-sensational throughout, could scarcely... — Choice More…