The paperback arrived today from Amazon.uk, less than a week after ordering it. Total cost with shipping is about $43. Excellent is not superlative enough a word to describe the analysis and readability of this work. The Author's Note, Preface and Acknowledgments really demonstrate the seriousness and thoroughness of his research into Fishcher's mental state and its development. The shocker to me was the actual cooperation afforded to the author by the FBI answering Freedom of Information Act requests and even arranging for him to be given permission to publish an early FBI photo of his mother found in the file.
For anyone interested in what made/allowed Fischer to rise to chess greatness only to sink in to an abyss of illness, you can't not have this book in your library.
http://www.amazon.com/Psychobiography-Bobby-Fischer-Joseph-G/dp/0398087423/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1430340385&sr=8-1&keywords=ponterotto+fischer
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