Andrew Cuomo's recent starring role during the COVID-19 pandemic piqued my curiosity about him, leading me to this warts-and-all unauthorized biography by Michael Shnayerson. This book tells his story from his childhood through his inauguration for his second term and his father's death. It's a well written and very detailed look at Cuomo's life and career, although it leans much more heavily on the political than on the personal, which makes sense given that it was both unauthorized
and competing with Cuomo's own autobiography, which came out at roughly the same time. This is a fascinating look at the cut-throat nature of New York politics, and it provides the background and context for many of the stories that I've read in the news since moving to Albany nearly eight years ago.
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