The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Sunday, September 12, 1965 - Page 52
'Profile Of A Prodigy' Put Spotlight on Bobby
“The publication date coincides nicely with the Capablanca Memorial Tournament now being staged at Havana, and the fiery Fischer, as usual, is in the star role. Denied a visa to visit Cuba by the State Department, Fischer his cabling his moves from New York, and this novelty alone is getting him headlines around the world.”
Brady was serving as Fischer's referee in the tournament until the U.S. champion fired him in a fit of anger. Brady said he received a call from Fischer's attorney saying it “disturbed Fischer's concentration” to have Brady in the same room with him. Whether the feud is genuine or something dreamed up by a publicity agent I am not prepared to say. But I repeat, Brady couldn't have chosen a better time.”
[EDIT: Since when did Bobby Fischer have a “Publicity Agent” to muddle his private life? How much did Brady's book financially net Bobby? Answer: $0.
Since Brady knew Bobby so well, then why didn't Brady simply collaborate with Bobby, obtain the inside scoop from the horse' mouth, and produce a novel worthy of Fischer's approval? Then the public could have really gotten their money's worth! When the press maligned Bobby, in spite of his repeated attempts to refute mischaracterizations, eventually driven into exile and deprived of basic human rights, —was all that too, a “publicity stunt”?]
“The problem is the book I wrote about him,” said Brady. “He didn't like it. It isn't flattering.”
Well, no honest appraisal of Bobby Fischer could be entirely flattering.”
[EDIT: And neither is an honest appraisal of Frank Brady, as The San Francisco Examiner, California Sunday, September 05, 1965 published its own psychoanalytical appraisal of Brady's strange issue with “possessiveness” and “personal ownership” over Fischer's life... as if Bobby were exclusive “personal property” in a book review aptly titled “Nobody's Pawn”. H.E.F. Donohue asks pertinent questions and throws the bleak portrait painted of Fischer into a new light while encouraging the reader to ask deeper questions about Brady's motives and intent.]
“Declaring at the very beginning of the book that he is no scholar, an admission with which I am not inclined to quarrel … fascinating, stubborn, rebellious, incomparably gifted young international grandmaster.”
[EDIT: And if the book was half as accurate as Brady would like people to think it is, Fischer, who read it, clearly didn't agree. Throw in “brutally honest,”. If Fischer didn't like the book there was a reason. Aside of Brady's obvious failure to properly assess Fischer, there's the matter that out of personal respect for Mr. Fischer, Brady didn't seem to feel the need to obtain Fischer's personal consent… friends do that… people who respect you, do that… before going to press with such a book. In fact, they would ask you to read the manuscript, and offer any suggestions… Brady didn't do that. Why? For one who claims to have been “so close” and “a friend,” obtaining Fischer's consent would seemingly been simple.]
