BROTHERS On His Brothers and Brothers in History

George Colt's interesting and informative study of brothers, his own and famous examples from history, may interest those of us with brothers of our own more than those without--but that's still a lot of people. David Drummond narrates with excellent attention to detail, letting the sentences do what they were crafted to do, never letting his own mind wander, or the listener's. Colt offers wise insights about how brothers' bonds evolve over time; the book is studded with juicy nuggets about the Kelloggs, the Booths, the Thoreaus, the van Goghs, and others. If Colt's own brothers' deep adult connection to one another, after some blistering childhood and adolescent rivalries, is less entertaining than the family dysfunction that is the stuff of fiction, it is thoroughly enviable. B.G. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2013]