Bruce Chatwin - Nicholas Shakespeare
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Non-Fiction - Biography - ISBN: 022403300X, 0224035770, 0385498292, 0385498306, 1860465447, 3499231484, 0099289970

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A biography of Bruce Chatwin, based on private notebooks, diaries, letters and hundreds of interviews. It illuminates the many sides of Chatwin, from Sotheby's director,...
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A complex man
A review by sfinchuk on Bruce Chatwin - Nicholas Shakespeare
July 16th, 2000


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Degree of Information High 
How easy was it to read / get information from Relatively easy 
How interesting was the book? Captivating 
How useful was it? Very useful 
Would you read it again? Yes 
Value for money Good 

Advantages: Brilliant portrait, detailed, sympathetic but honest
Disadvantages: Can be heavygoing in places

Recommend to potential buyers: yes 

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Bruce Chatwin was one of the UK's most extraordinary writers of the post-war years and, as the reviewers of this biography have stated, he was also something of an enigma.
He had worked as an art expert and studied archaeology before turning his hand to journalism and both fiction and non-fiction works - like In Patagonia and The Songlines. But his books defied description - the lazy would call it travel writing but Chatwin was keen to explore much deeper themes in his publications - the origins of man and humans as nomads for example. Shakespeare's wonderful biography paints a picture of a complex man, at times likeable and at others truly monstrous to his wife, friends and colleagues alike. He married but mostly had sex with men and was one of the UK's first high-profile AIDS casualties. He could be remarkably generous and at other times rude and selfish.
Shakespeare's book paints a fascinating picture and tries to get under the skin of his subject. On the whole he succeeds - but it may take several readings to truly get to grips with this strange but remarkable man.
 
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