What is the author's style in Edie, an American Biography by Jean Stein?

Jean Stein interviewed over 250 people for "Edie" and created a Herculean task for herself and the editor, George Plimpton. By the time the interview process was over, there were thousands of pages of transcripts to be transcribed and compiled into a work that was both relevant and coherent.

There are many perspectives contained in Edie: An American Biography. The entire work is made of comments and stories from friends, family and observers of Edie Sedgwick and the culture that created her enormous popularity. Edie also adds comments to the work, posthumously and via tapes recorded during the making of Ciao! Manhattan. Edie's insights reflected many comments made by her friends and family.