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The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams and Their Friends Customer Reviews
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Biography of a literary "club"
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| Despite its title, this book focuses a great deal of attention on one man, C. S. Lewis. This is no shortcoming from the point of view of interest as the book suffers nothing for being so centred on him. The two other prominent members of the group are not ignored, though one might expect Tolkien to be more present; readers who are looking for more on him, though, can read Carpenter's full-length biography. The book also devotes a good deal of space to Charles Williams about whom I knew little before reading it. That these three men are named explicitly in the title gives full notice as to whom the reader can expect to find out the most about. Their friends are given relatively little space; the only other person discussed in any detail is Lewis's brother Warnie. While it may sound like I found the book more lacking than informative, the opposite is true. I found myself compulsively drawn forward. In spite of its seemingly narrow focus, the amount of information was satisfying as much as it could be (i.e. there are probably always questions one could ask for which there are no sources to answer them). Readers who are looking for information on Lewis will find it; those looking for Tolkien will find more about his world than about the man but they will not, I think, be disappointed. |
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