Michael Jackson: Man In The Music

Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson, by Joe Vogel

It's not often that I write about books in this column–FORBES does have the excellent blog, "Booked," for that–but every now and then something I read has so much to do with the topics I regularly cover on this beat that I'm compelled to type up some thoughts.

One such book is Joe Vogel's terrific Man In The Music (Sterling, 2011), which explores the life and work of Michael Jackson. The King of Pop, of course, is a f...