Paul Scott

Advantages: Good read hightlight the highs and lows throughout his career to date
Disadvantages: If this was an official biography it could possibly have ended up being more in depth

...His most loyal and devoted fans are not great fans of this book as it is unofficial and has not been authorised by the man himself. The book does contain some insightful revealations, though nothing that hasnt been reported in the tabloid press over the past few years. The material for this book was done by interviewing people from Robbies past as Robbie has not given this book his seal of approval, it is therefore based on interviews of people who are tucked away in his past, who he has either had legal wrangles with or has simply fallen out with. Paul Scott has written this book as well as it could be written under the circumstances, he has covered relevant areas with some tact and gives an insight to Robbies early years, growing up in a one parent family, early signs of Robbies humour and budding stage talents, through... Read review

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Advantages: Nice photos
Disadvantages: no colaboration between subject and author

...His most loyal and devoted fans are not great fans of this book. Though I am a big fan I have to say that the book does contain some insightful revealations, though nothing that hasnt been reported in the tabloid press over the years. The material for this book was done by interviewing people from Robbies past, not many of his actual friends have been interviewed as Robbie has not given this book his seal of approval, it is there fore based on interviews of people who are tucked away in his past, who he has either had legal wrangles with or has simply fallen out with, So in actual fact it is if you like a book based on the opinions of those people who have no longer got anything to do with Robbie or have a negative approach towards him. The writter Paul Scott, in all fairness had only a limited number of sources to work... Read review

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Advantages: An interesting new approach
Disadvantages: Less a reinvention as a furthering development, not yet completed

...Gager could perhaps be starting a quest similar in intent if not in form to that of the Jesus Seminar, namely, the search for the ‘real’ Paul, or at least the ‘real meaning’ of Paul. Paul has been reinterpreted and recast in many ways over the past 2000 years, for denominational and sociological reasons. To build upon Schweitzer’s observations about the changing images of Jesus, just as each age reinterprets Jesus to, in one way or another, recast Jesus in the image of that age, so too does Paul undergo a similar change. What Gager is doing, however, is not merely reinterpreting the meaning of Paul -- he is offering a new way of asking the interpretative questions, offering a paradigm shift that casts doubts upon traditional interpretations and offers a new way of thinking about the texts. ‘Once we begin to question not just specific... Read review

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