My Dinner of Herbs

A star of two well-remembered television series, THE FBI and 77 SUNSET STRIP, Efrem Zimbalist Jr looks back on the many different roads he has travelled in his lifetime and recreates his most memorable experiences in the prose of a true stylist. The son of two legendary musical talents, the pianist Efrem Zimbalist and the operatic soprano Alma Gluck, Efrem Jr grew up on an estate in the Connecticut countryside. His was a world of comfort and security – and, of course, classical music. What most distinguishes this book is that, whatever the topic, Zimbalist writes with clarity, grace, precision and sincerity. There are no ghosts hovering over his narrative. Every word comes with skill from the same generous source.