As one of the original I-Fans, I am ashamed to say that this book told me things that I should have already known. While I have listened to (and now watch) Don Imus since 1972, Jim Reed, a man irritatingly 15 years my junior, knows so much more about this topic than I do! Using a time-line style of writing, Reed has carefully, though probably unintentionally, exhumed the fact that Imus' best years are clearly behind him. In what I believe to be the first biography of Don Imus, Reed chronicles not only the amazing speed in which Imus rose to fame, but also how rapidly he managed to let his success almost cause his death. Mr. Reed has enabled the reader to watch Imus' career move along without allowing the details get in the way of the enjoyment of reading. Nowhere in "Everything Imus" does Reed allow a chapter to become a roadblock. In fact, I found myself eager to complete each chapter so I could go on to the next and find out where it would take me. Mr. Reed's style of writing is one that more authors should employ as it allowed me to read what essentially is history without it causing me to flash back to my high school years where reading assignments were ordered regardless of whether I had a chance of enjoying these assignments. Unlike a vanity rendition of the history of a celebrity, "Everything Imus" does not glamorize what must have been a very lonely existence for Imus prior to his meeting his current wife. Any "Imus in the Morning" fan who does not add this book to his or her collection of Imus things will be lacking the glue that holds together the many pieces of what is now the Don Imus story. I have read many books and certain authors have become favorites of mine. I am happy to add Jim Reed to my relatively short list of preferred writers. I anxiously look forward to Jim Reed's next book, whatever it may be. I recommend this book to anyone, even if you have never heard of Don Imus. "Everything Imus" is written so well that you will walk away knowing not just "All You Ever Wanted to Know About Don Imus" but far more!