ROOM FULL OF MIRRORS: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix by Charles R. Cross ROOM FULL OF MIRRORS: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix (Hyperion Books; August 3, 2005; Hardcover; $24.95), by Charles R. Cross, author of the New York Times bestselling biography of Kurt Cobain, Heavier than Heaven, is the definitive biography of this rock ‘n’ roll legend. Coinciding with the thirty-fifth anniversary of Hendrix’s death, it is meticulously researched and based on more than three hundred interviews with those who knew Hendrix best – more than half of whom have never spoken about him before. Unlike any prior biography, this landmark book recounts the entire arc of Hendrix’s life: from his troubled childhood in Seattle’s projects and the early loss of his mother, to his struggles against racial prejudice as a young musician and his rapid ascent to the top of the swinging London scene, and finally to the apex of his career headlining Woodstock in 1969, with his death a year later. Yet ROOM FULL OF MIRRORS is far more than a simple music biography: it is a tale of how Hendrix overcame racial barriers, personal tragedies, drug struggles, and social divides to become a legend. ROOM FULL OF MIRRORS unlocks the vast mystery of one of rock’s most enduring legends – a man who, in twenty-seven short years, managed to rise from poverty, set the world aflame, and inadvertently extinguish his own burning talent. The world of music has never been the same, and Hendrix’s fame is immortal. This page-turning, moving, and compelling biography gives the real Jimi Hendrix the immortality he deserves.