Monsters av Claire Dederer

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<p><b>''H</b><b>ow rare and nourishing this sort of roaming thought is and what a joy to read''</b><b> MEGAN NOLAN, <i>Sunday Times</i></b><br><br><b>''An exhilarating, shape-shifting exploration of the perilous boundaries between art and life'' JENNY OFFILL</b><br><br>Pablo Picasso beat his partners. Richard Wagner was deeply antisemitic. David Bowie slept with an underage fan. But many of us still love <i>Guernica</i> and the Ring cycle and Ziggy Stardust.<br><br>And what are we to do with that love? How are we, as fans, to reckon with the biographical choices of the artists whose work sustains us?<br><br>Wildly smart and insightful, <i>Monsters</i> is an exhilarating attempt to understand our relationship with art and the artist in the twenty-first century.<br><br><b>''A</b><b>n incredible book, the best work of criticism I have read in a very long time</b><b>'' NICK HORNBY</b><br><b><br>''Part memoir, part treatise, and all treat'' <i>New York Times</i></b><br><b><br>''Clever and p