Do you like biographies? But you don't have time for the exhaustive, scholarly tomes that are often produced? You might enjoy the Penguin Lives Series, fascinating to me for their intriguing pairing of author and subject. Here are just a few examples of the many titles:
- Jane Smiley on Charles Dickens
- Bobbie Ann Mason on Elvis Presley
- Roy Blount on Robert E Lee
- Patricia Bosworth on Marlon Brando
These endearing little reads (about 150 pages) offer us the talented and the great in the context of the their times and their influence on our own.
Grab one.
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