Sherill Tippins

Entertaining, if uneven. The letters and diaries of Auden and Britten give the author a window into their significant personal and artistic development over the period covered in the book. Other residents are treated in more superficial, anecdotal, and often repetitious fashion. Carson McCullers’ daily sherry ration began to wear on me. But even as a collection of names the book would be quite worth looking at, and there is a reference list of sources that provides many avenues for more detailed follow-up.… (more)