Jerry Oppenheimer. (2015). RFK Jr: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Dark Side of the Dream. St. Martin's Publishing Group.

Jerry Oppenheimer. 2015. RFK Jr: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Dark Side of the Dream. St. Martin's Publishing Group.

Jerry Oppenheimer, RFK Jr: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Dark Side of the Dream. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2015.

Jerry Oppenheimer. RFK Jr: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Dark Side of the Dream. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2015.

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   • bioText: JERRY OPPENHEIMER is the New York Times bestselling author of Crazy Rich: Power, Scandal, and Tragedy Inside the Johnson & Johnson Dynasty, as well as unauthorized biographies of Hillary and Bill Clinton, Anna Wintour, Rock Hudson, Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters, Ethel Kennedy, Jerry Seinfeld, and the Hilton family. He has also worked in several different capacities as a journalist, including as an investigative reporter and a producer of television news programs and documentaries.
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From New York Times bestselling author Jerry Oppenheimer comes a sensational biography of the son of the legendary Senator and troubled standard bearer of America's most fabled political dynasty.
Robert F. Kenned Jr. inherited his assassinated father's piercing blue eyes and Brahmin style, earning a reputation as the nation's foremost environmental activist and lawyer - the "toxic avenger" - battling corporate polluters. But in this, the most revelatory portrait ever of a Kennedy, Oppenheimer places Bobby Jr., leader of the third generation of America's royal family, under a journalistic microscope. Based on scores of exclusive, candid on-the-record interviews, public and private records, and correspondence, Jerry Oppenheimer paints a balanced, objective portrait of this virtually unaccounted-for scion of the Kennedy dynasty. Like his slain father, the iconic senator and presidential hopeful, RFK Jr. was destined for political greatness. Why it never happened is revealed in this first-ever biography of him.

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     July 27, 2015
     In this latest unauthorized biography from Oppenheimer (The Other Mrs. Kennedy), empathy for his subject is in short supply. The indisputably tragic aspects of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s life—losing his father and uncle to assassins’ bullets (he was 14 when his father was murdered), the deaths of two siblings in adulthood, and his ex-wife Mary’s suicide—are likely to engender some sympathy from readers, especially when coupled with evidence that his mother was absent from his life when he was growing up. But Oppenheimer spends the bulk of his time on the first half of Kennedy’s life and chooses to focus on his long track record of bad behavior, including infidelity and substance abuse, without really attempting to put it in context. Toward the very end, Oppenheimer cites an unnamed confidant of Kennedy who describes him as “a very complex guy who has had very difficult things thrown at him through his life.” But nuance and complexity are not the book’s strengths; the writing is sloppy and Oppenheimer relies heavily on unnamed and un-enumerated sources. Oppenheimer’s story of a flawed son of a flawed family is more salacious than thought-provoking. Agent: Jonathan I. Lyons.

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     April 15, 2015
     

     New York Times best-selling author Oppenheimer, famous for his unauthorized biographies of the Clintons, Anna Wintour, and more, peers at Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a leading environmental activist and lawyer with some glaring foibles.

     Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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     September 1, 2015
     

     Across 12 biographies, Oppenheimer (Crazy Rich; Toy Monster) has made his reputation by trashing wealthy celebrities with dysfunctional families. This time his subject is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (b. 1954), who has garnered scrutiny because of his past indiscretions and addictions as well as his publicized custody battle with his second wife. However, so many of Oppenheimer's sources are anonymous that it is impossible to check the accuracy of what he reports; he seems more interested in relating dirt than verifying facts. Nor is it just the Kennedys who are condemned in this salacious book. Why should readers care that one of Robert's prep school roommates was once rebuked for having smelly feet? Almost half of the book deals with Kennedy's life before college, 30 pages trawl through the woes of other members of his clan, and the author breezes through Kennedy's career as environmental activist. VERDICT Oppenheimer trivializes rather than enlightens the life of this man who, whatever his flaws, has made something of his life. The Kennedy name will attract readers but this bottom-feeding account leaves the reader feeling greasy. [See Prepub Alert, 3/23/15.]--David Keymer, Modesto, CA

     Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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Robert F. Kenned Jr. inherited his assassinated father's piercing blue eyes and Brahmin style, earning a reputation as the nation's foremost environmental activist and lawyer - the "toxic avenger" - battling corporate polluters. But in this, the most revelatory portrait ever of a Kennedy, Oppenheimer places Bobby Jr., leader of the third generation of America's royal family, under a journalistic microscope. Based on scores of exclusive, candid on-the-record interviews, public and private records, and correspondence, Jerry Oppenheimer paints a balanced, objective portrait of this virtually unaccounted-for scion of the Kennedy dynasty. Like his slain father, the iconic senator and presidential hopeful, RFK Jr. was destined for political greatness. Why it never happened is...

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