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Title: Psycho-speculative Biography
Review: Although very well written and interesting at points, Wilson's biography, in some ways, tells us more about Wilson than Lewis. I label the effort "psycho-speculative biography" because Wilson, writing as an outsider to Lewis' world (he did not know him personally), takes bits from that world and speculates, offering his own inferences on the data. Rather than adding a strong note of objectivity, Wilson's lack of contact with Lewis, obscures the man. By contrast, one should see the book "C. S. Lewis at the Breakfast Table," a delightful collection of essays, reflections by those who knew Lewis over a span of decades. The Breakfast Table book is wonderfully honest about Lewis' flaws, but what emerges is a much more faithful look at those characteristics that made Lewis such a compelling figure: his wit, intellect, love of beauty, love of life, love of friends, and, yes, love of God.
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