Blue Genes

Blue Genes (2008) by Christopher Lukas. In a moving yet not-very-well-written memoir, Lukas recounts the history of his family in America, and the vein of mental illness which seems to run through every branch. The book opens with his brother, Tony's suicide, then flashes back into the past to tell the events leading up to it. Christopher and Tony Lukas have lived fascinating lives, both being highly successful in media fields, but somehow that fails to totally come through in this book. Grade: B