It's a Shaw thing

The Independent on Sunday | September 14, 2008| | Copyright

Two theatrical Titans, a mysterious disappearance, a possible love affair and a story spanning a century: Michael Holroyd's latest blockbuster is a triumph A Strange Eventful History By Michael Holroyd Chatto Pounds 25

Michael Holroyd made his name as a writer with wrist-wrenching, multi-volumed lives of Lytton Strachey, Augustus John, and Bernard Shaw. His latest book is the first biography he has produced in 15 years, and by Holroyd's standards it's a comparative lightweight: a single volume condensed into just over 600 pages. In every other way, though, it's possibly the most challenging ...

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