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Title: An uneven, untrustworthy biography
Review: It was very strange reading Wilson's biography. At times, he seems very insightful and wise, with helpful and true comments about Lewis's character, his relationship to friends and household members, and his books. At other times, he seems like an educated fool, quoting things out of context, reading things INTO Lewis's life and works that aren't really there, misrepresenting facts, creating fictional sources, or making up comments to be presented as truth. Although Wilson sometimes presents many individual parts of Lewis well, the composite figure does not add up. As George Sayer - Lewis's friend of nearly 3 decades - noted, at times the portrait of Lewis is almost unrecognizable. There are better biographies of Lewis available. Skip this one.
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