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Supermodel

by David Breskin

Soft Skull

August 2006, 208 pages, 24.95

by Megan Milks

PopMatters Events Editor

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Perhaps Breskin went too far into the task of developing a full psychological portrait of a supermodel that he ended up giving her superwoman status as well.

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