As the only book to focus specifically on the life of Chico, this book is indispensible. Written by his daughter Maxine after his death (and, it would seem, partially in response to Groucho's off color comments about Chico in "The Marx Brother's Scrapbook"), this book focuses primarily on her first hand account of his life. Now, you figure, she was born as the Brothers were starting their rise to Broadway stardom, so most of the material is post-Vaudeville - not a bad thing if the movies and late stage productions are your thing, though details about them are sparse.While I think this book presents an excellent (and, as other's have said) candid view of Chico through Maxine's eyes, he doesn't really have a "voice" in it. In some ways, she is too close to the subject to really allow Chico to be a flesh and blood human being.Neverless, if you've read the pile of books on Groucho or "Harpo Speaks," you should really read this one, too.