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benmsmith 's review for:
Q: A Voyage Around the Queen
by Craig Brown
Thanks to NetGalley and FSG for the ARC of this title.
I've read a few other of Craig Brown's biographies in this style, and they're well-suited for the sort of figures he covers - individuals who have become the sort of omnipresent cultural figure where there's such a glut of content about them that manages to be surface-level. 99 "glimpses" was a great amount for Princess Margaret, 150 glimpses was far too many for the Beatles, but the 102 or so here manage to be just right for QEII. Between this and the Margaret book, I think Brown's a little too pro-Windsor to dig into anything particularly salacious, but the queen seems to have been kind of awkward to talk to and this captures the impact of that throughout.
I've read a few other of Craig Brown's biographies in this style, and they're well-suited for the sort of figures he covers - individuals who have become the sort of omnipresent cultural figure where there's such a glut of content about them that manages to be surface-level. 99 "glimpses" was a great amount for Princess Margaret, 150 glimpses was far too many for the Beatles, but the 102 or so here manage to be just right for QEII. Between this and the Margaret book, I think Brown's a little too pro-Windsor to dig into anything particularly salacious, but the queen seems to have been kind of awkward to talk to and this captures the impact of that throughout.