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Title: C. S. Lewis in the dock
Review: The man of Shadowlands and Narnia, C. S. Lewis, gave the task of writing his more or less official biography to two people. The first of these was his friend for many years, the author Roger Lancelyn Green. The other was his personal assistant for several months near the end of life, Father Walter Hooper. Their book is a bit dry, but it does seem to be a fair account. They had many advantages beside personal knowledge of the man himself. Abundant access to C. S. Lewis's private papers, to Warren Lewis his brother and to many of Lewis's other friends and acquaintances. George Sayer knew Lewis well for years and wrote what you might call the 'friend's biography', with some surprises and some dull detail. Mr. Wilson puts Lewis in the dock, and goes against all of these others and has no real witnesses to prove his case. I don't think a judge would throw the case out, but I do think the jury might send him packing and award damages to Mr. C. S. Lewis.
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