cover image Glenn Gould: A Life and Variations

Glenn Gould: A Life and Variations

Otto Freidrich, Otto Friedrich. Vintage Books USA, $17 (441pp) ISBN 978-0-679-73207-5

An unorthodox, authorized biography of the extraordinary Canadian pianist and eccentric. ``This absorbing, adulatory work goes well beyond previous books on Gould and presents more detail and speculation than anyone but a Gould enthusiast would require,'' judged PW. Photos. (Sept.)