A review by schopflin
Mr Lear: A Life of Art and Nonsense by Jenny Uglow

slow-paced

4.0

I love a good doorstep biography and this one played to my tastes - Victoria art, culture and travel. There was a lot of detail and analysis of the nonsense poems that some might find arduous. But then my background is art rather than literary history. I really got a sense of who Lear was and following his life was an enjoyable journey.