Harvey Keitel: the art of darkness, by Marshall Fine (HarperCollins, £6.99 in UK)

In a brilliant episode of Father Ted in which a pet rabbit goes forth (as pet rabbits are wont to do) and multiplies, prompting a full-scale rabbit-hunt by the priests at dead of night, there is a blissful moment in which Dougal holds one of the animals up by the ears, exclaiming: "C'mere, Ted - look at this one! He's the image of that fella - what d'ya call him? Harvey Keitel!" The observation tells you as much about Harvey Keitel as does this extremely dull biography; unless of course you're the sort of fan who simply has to read every word that's ever been written about your hero, in which case it'll make you a very happy bunny.