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Summertime is a genial and enthusiastic book — The Times More…

Engagingly written, lavishly illustrated. . . . With this volume, we get a focused portrait of George Gershwin, a genius plagued by self-doubt and a wandering eye — Opera News More…

Engagingly written, lavishly illustrated. . . . With this volume, we get a focused portrait of George Gershwin, a genius plagued by self-doubt and a wandering eye — Opera News More…

What does come across in Furia's book is the flavour of the golden era of songwriting, and the towering talent of Ira Gershwin, who worked at a tortoise-like pace and polished his lyrics until... — Sunday Times More…

[A]nyone curious about the new Gershwin scholarship will find this book to be an efficient starting point for further exploration — The New York Times More…