Sinatra: the chairman. James Kaplan. 2015.

The story of ‘Ol’ Blue Eyes continues with Sinatra: the Chairman, picking up the day after he claimed his Academy Award in 1954 and had reestablished himself as the top recording artist in music.

Sinatra’s life post-Oscar was astonishing in scope and achievement - and occasionally scandal - including immortal recordings almost too numerous to count, affairs ditto, many memorable films ( and more than a few stinkers), Rat Pack hijinks that mesmerised the world with their air of masculine privilege, and an intimate involvement at the intersection of politics and organised crime that continues to shock and astound with its hubris.