Charming, sympathetic, yet judicious ... this is a model biography, one of the finest of recent years. Chernow's gift for fluency, rivalling Twain's, unstrenuously carries you along, parading before us the ...
Pratinav Anil, The Times
...an admirably animated, readable account of one of the modern world’s first celebrities. Somewhere deep inside it, almost hidden, glows the energy and humour of Twain’s very American prose.”
John Mullan, Guardian
The complex life of Mark Twain is told expertly in Pulitzer winner Ron Chernow's comprehensive biography ... Chernow offers a balanced, insightful view of the whole Twain package.
Mark Chilton, Independent
Charming, sympathetic, yet judicious ... this is a model biography, one of the finest of recent years. Chernow's gift for fluency, rivalling Twain's, unstrenuously carries you along, parading before us the ...
Pratinav Anil, The Times
...an admirably animated, readable account of one of the modern world’s first celebrities. Somewhere deep inside it, almost hidden, glows the energy and humour of Twain’s very American prose.”
John Mullan, Guardian
The complex life of Mark Twain is told expertly in Pulitzer winner Ron Chernow's comprehensive biography ... Chernow offers a balanced, insightful view of the whole Twain package.
Mark Chilton, Independent
Charming, sympathetic, yet judicious ... this is a model biography, one of the finest of recent years. Chernow's gift for fluency, rivalling Twain's, unstrenuously carries you along, parading before us the ...
Pratinav Anil, The Times
...an admirably animated, readable account of one of the modern world’s first celebrities. Somewhere deep inside it, almost hidden, glows the energy and humour of Twain’s very American prose.”
John Mullan, Guardian
The complex life of Mark Twain is told expertly in Pulitzer winner Ron Chernow's comprehensive biography ... Chernow offers a balanced, insightful view of the whole Twain package.