Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography by Meryle Secrest

3.7 AVERAGE

dumbfellini's review against another edition

5.0
This book is a brick, but it is riveting the entire way through. It does one of my least favorite things that biographies do -- that is to give a brief version of the entire life and death of the subject at the outset -- but even that is done very well. Starting with Lloyd Wright's ancestors in Wales, every major personality in this history is fleshed out so that when the relationships are recounted, everyone seems like a real person. This is especially important when it comes to his wives, who could easily be dismissed with cheap psychological assessments, but are given equal validity.

Very well written, impeccably researched.

thewildkat's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced