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Behrman, S.N., Portrait Of Max: An Intimate Portrait Of Sir Max Beerbohm
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Behrman emerged in the 1920s as one of America’s most original playwrights, peopling his drawing-room comedies with a cross-section of archetypal American cultural and political viewpoints.
In 1960’s Portrait of Max, he bends genres, combining biography and personal memoir as he recounts his friendship with Max Beerbohm, master drama critic and humorist, who was then living in retirement in Italy.
From Joel's list on My favorite biographies that expand the parameters of biography.
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