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The Ghost of Madness.(Review)
Bertrand Russell 1921-70: The Ghost of Madness, by Ray Monk; Jonathan Cape, 2000, $73.50.
SOME YEARS AGO I reviewed the first volume of Ray Monk s life of Bertrand Russell, which took his life up to near the end of 1921. I said that it was clearly the best biography of Russell to be published so far. (It was the fourth.) But at the end of the review I also said: "the compelling portrait that Monk paints is noticeably darker than earlier depictions"; and further quoted him as saying "the personality thus revealed is one that many will find repellent". That strongly suggested that Monk had come to dislike Russell. I permitted myself a mild dissent, saying that the ...
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...told yesterday. Russell Carter, 52, denies murdering Kingsley Monk and the attempted...heard saying: "Russell you're going to...tightly around Mr Monk's neck after Carter...S): ACCUSED: Russell Carter, right...of-two Kingsley Monk, 45, above, last...
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Bertrand Russell 1921-70: The Ghost of Madness, by Ray Monk; Jonathan Cape, 2000, $73...industry--according to Ray Monk, the widely applauded biographer...understanding of an interesting person (Monk). More like portraiture than...
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...and he was to be the fourth Earl Russell. More importantly, Russell hoped, the contact between father...out of what one of his biographers (Monk, 1996) has termed the prison of the self--Russell's feeling of being a "ghost...
Source: HighBeam Research, The Ghost of Madness.(Review)