Review of G. Fletcher, Understanding Dennis Robertson. The Man and His Work

This book is likely to be received with mixed feelings by readers, who may be attracted or repelled by its approach. The methodological position defended by the author is that biography expresses a point of view and is more akin to presenting and developing an argument, than collecting and recording facts. The way the main argument is pursued is at times fascinating, at times contorted, leaving the reader now convinced, now puzzled.