Lee makes use of the drama in Stoppard’s life in telling her story. She has also been given access to his personal letters, and she demonstrates a novelist’s skill in depicting the complexities of her many characters. This includes not just Stoppard but his three wives, three siblings, four children, and many others. Lee is also a sensitive critic, and she has a deft touch in noting when Stoppard’s work has fallen flat, as with his convoluted spy drama “Hapgood.”
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
In case you wondered …
… Does a Literary Titan Need a Titanic Biography? - Intercollegiate Studies Institute. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
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