ARGONAUT BOOKS

Impressive . . . As an experiment in biography, it is strikingly accomplished; as a tale of literary intrigue, it is utterly compelling . . . Wade is skilful at sifting through quantities of material and finding illumination in the ephemeral and the everyday . . . For one so invested in her afterlife, [Stein] would have been pleased with such fruits, one imagines, although with none more perhaps than this rich and moving biography of her life and work, placing Toklas at its centre. Vindication at last.The Times - Harriet Baker[Wade's] scholarly research is terrific, and she is astute in her us...Read More