Confessions of a Serial Biographer
Some critics rank biographers just above serial murderers. The author of this book, a self-described member of the Samuel Johnson school, doesn''t share this view. An account of a life, he believes, should adhere to the truth as the biographer sees it, not to the sentiments of others.
This memoir of a professional biographer''s life tells the inside story of how he became interested in his su...
Some critics rank biographers just above serial murderers. The author of this book, a self-described member of the Samuel Johnson school, doesn''t share this view. An account of a life, he believes, should adhere to the truth as the biographer sees it, not to the sentiments of others.
This memoir of a professional biographer''s life tells the inside story of how he became interested in his su...
