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PRAISE FOR NIGEL GOODALL’S PREVIOUS BOOKS

Kylie Naked (with Jenny Stanley-Clarke)

‘To their credit, the authors don’t try and shatter her girl-next-door image and her career is covered in almost bang-up-to-date detail, including an extra chapter to take account of her recent success with Can’t Get You Out Of My Head and her fantastic performance at the 2002 Brit Awards. Hopefully the Princess of Pop will find time one day to pen her autobiography, but until then Kylie Naked is as thorough and an enjoyable account of her life as you could possibly want.’

Jonathan Weir, Amazon.co.uk

Winona Ryder – The Biography

‘Overall, this biography is a very interesting read. The chronological nature of the book is especially useful if referring back to it at a later point, and there is also a filmography and a list of Winona’s awards and nominations at the back. Combined with this is a comprehensive index making it easy to find references to particular films and people, should you wish to do so. Although it can never be as insightful as an authorised biography, or indeed an autobiography, this book is just as good as it can be. By collating information from a diverse selection of sources, Nigel Goodall has produced a good book that is well worth reading whether you’re a fan of Winona Ryder or not.’

T. J. Mackey, Dooyou Online

What’s Eating Johnny Depp

‘Nigel Goodall does it again! He was the author of an estimable book about Kylie Minogue, one of the only books about the Australian pop princess to try to dig behind the myth and to get the facts right. Try to get it if you possibly can, it’s called Kylie Naked. With his life of Johnny Depp we can see Goodall once again hovering over the glamour stars of US cinema (he has written previously on one of Depp’s leading ladies, the also diminutive trouble magnet Winona Ryder) and coming up with an intriguing portrait of a very talented man whose only trouble is corralling in all his passions. He was a teen star in Jump Street and a horror franchise, and then the director John Waters took a chance on him and cast him in his hillbilly epic Cry Baby. Depp had enough smarts to say hell yes to this offer and before the movie had ended audiences fell in love with his goofy charm and of course, the shot where his pants fall off and he’s left to wander in his jockey shorts. Depp showed great depth in a variety of independent and studio movies, including Donnie Brasco, but it wasn’t until recently that he was thought of in terms of being able to ‘open’ a movie. Throughout this chequered career (which includes a directorial debut of his own, apparently dire enough to doom a lesser man) Goodall keeps up as best as he can, and both of them end up on the same page. I’m looking forward to a remake of A Star Is Born with Depp and Minogue, it would be utterly of the present moment …’

Kevin Killan, Amazon.com