I too read him, gosh I found my attention wandering a lot.He is so very exhaustive.It all seemes a little too self satisifed for my tastes.Most books by "famous "people in fields other than literature, seem to fall into their own pit of self glorification They just cannot help themselves.One exception possibly being Bob Dylan in his Chronicles 1. a wonderful montage by any standard written ni same poetic manner as his song lyrics.