Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine,small dent on the edges of the cover) with Dj (a couple of small nicks and creases on the edges of the Dj cover),both in near fine condition. He attributed the change in the structure of his face to puberty, weight loss, a strict vegetarian diet, a change in hair style and stage lighting. This tells you how he was always working hard from a really young age and how he did miss out on his childhood.

Almost everything else is tainted by the perspective of someone who is writing ABOUT MJ, not MJ's actual thoughts, feelings, perspectives, and processes.I only started being a hardcore fan and loving Michael with all my heart earlier this year, and I’ve never experienced the anniversary of his passing while I’ve been a fan of him, so this year will be my first. The 2009 reissue will include the original Foreword by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, a new Introduction by Motown founder Berry Gordy, and an Afterword by Michael Jackson’s editor and publisher, Shaye Areheart.

Some more would have been welcome, but he does not go into detail on this side of his career until its relaunch with 'Off The Wall' in 1979 and the phenomenally successful albums which followed it, namely the all-sales-breaking 'Thriller' and 'Bad'. About the Author: Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009), dubbed the 'King of Pop', was one of the most commercially successful entertainers of all time. The way in which he describes how he creates music, what his songs mean to him is simply mind blowing. I could hear the excitement he felt when things had gone well and the desperation for a friend when things had gone wrong.His successful career and controversial, enigmatic personal life have been a part of pop culture for almost four decades.