Jimmy Soni (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Soni) lived in the room across the hall from me one year in college. He cowrote the Shannon biography that came out last year.
I haven't read it yet, but I will say that I remember Jimmy being one of the smartest people I encountered in college.
I attended CodeMesh in London few years ago and there I've come to know about this book.
His panel was really good, I didn't imagine Shannon made a trumpet that could spit fire just because it was fun (if I remember correctly he made it to entertain his children)!
I haven't read it yet, but I will say that I remember Jimmy being one of the smartest people I encountered in college.