Christopher Isherwood: A Personal Memoir (1989) - Plot & Excerpts
I borrowed a copy of this from the library as I figured Beatrix's brother writing about Christopher Isherwood would mention her. He did a few times though mostly he seemed to be focusing on what good friends *he* was with Christopher and how they worked on New writing together. Honestly the way he described it, it was like Christopher kept trying to put him off, Yes I will do something for your magazine, but I'm busy with this other thing right now. I know that when he said he was going to publish some of their letters as a book Christopher was really upset and they had a massive falling out. Though they did reconcile it seems a bit telling that it was only after Christopher's death that John released this. Honestly I'm not sure quite why he did. He talks about Christopher's male partners and lovers, but doesn't mention his own. It comes across as Look I know a famous person, even though Christopher was actually better friends with Beatrix, and mostly just had a working relationship with John. I'm afraid unless you are a completest there isn't really any reason to read this. Christopher covers the period in his own words in much more depth in Christopher and his kind, this is just a brief overview with emphasis on their working together. Quite disappointing though I did make several notes about Beatrix.
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