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Title: A sad attempt at writing a term paper for psych class
Review: If you're looking for a good bio about Sir Richard F. Burton...this isn't it. The man was an enigma of his time: explorer, linguist, anthropologist and above all, a man of courage. Yet, Brodie describes his adventures with little description, placing little emphasis on his acomplishments. By the same token too many pages are spent describing his later years in life when he spent his last years as a translater. And the entire book boils down to the author's opinion that Burton was confused about his sexual identity because he chose not to write about his sexual realtions with his wife. If that's proof, then any male who never put down a word about his relations with his wife must also be prone to deviant behavior (according to Brodie anyway). The book is a waste of time and the only reason I read it cover to cover was in the hopes it would get better. It didn't.
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