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Title: Not a scholarly work.
Review: This biography is not that interesting. Unlike the recent biography of Lady Hamilton, which was utterly ridiculous yet immenently readable and entertaining, this book is neither of those things and thus kind of boring. Although Crossland has "discovered" some new aspects of de Chirico's biography, she doesn't really investigate him and his motivations in-depth. Instead of offering insight, the book has a formulaic feeling to it. Furthermore, if you're reading the book for scholarly information instead of entertainment, you're going to be disappointed in that respect as well. This is not a work by a historian or art historian, and it shows. That being said, sadly this is the only full-fledged biography of de Chirico. For that reason alone, you should probably pick it up... at the library.
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