Memoirs of a Minotaur: Adventures Among the Powerful & Gifted from Merrill Lynch to Patty Hearst

Award-winning poet Robin Magowan, grandson of the founder of Merrill Lynch and nephew of the poet James Merrill, recounts his life story. In a memoir spanning the early days of Charles Merrill's empire to the political nightmare of the Patty Hearst kidnapping, he tells the story of how he rebelled against his station in life and ultimately found redemption in poetry. Lacks an index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)