Caro did not consult with Gottlieb while writing his books or show him early drafts, waiting instead to turn in a completed manuscript. Their unique collaboration was the basis for an acclaimed documentary, “Turn Every Page,” directed by Gottlieb’s daughter, Lizzie Gottlieb, and released last year.Īs Caro told the AP ahead of the documentary’s release, he and Gottlieb did not have the kind of ongoing communication many writers and editors have. Their collaboration began with the Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Power Broker,” continuing with the first four Johnson biographies, and a brief volume on Caro’s writing process, “Working.” attacks during the Vietnam War.Ĭaro had worked with Gottlieb - also the editor of such celebrated authors as Toni Morrison, Joseph Heller and Nora Ephron - for more than a half-century. Late last year, Caro told The Associated Press he had no sense when the fifth volume would be done, saying then that he still hoped to visit Vietnam and spend time in a village subjected to U.S. No release date has been set for what’s supposed to be the final book in “The Years of Lyndon Johnson” series, the first of which was published in 1982. Caro is continuing his work on Volume 5 with limited interruption,” Caro spokesperson Paul Bogaards said Thursday, a day after Gottlieb’s death at 92. NEW YORK - Robert Caro’s fifth volume on Lyndon Johnson, one of the book world’s most long-awaited publications, is unlikely to be delayed by the death of his longtime editor, publishing luminary Robert Gottlieb.
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