Ian Ker’s GK Chesterton: A Biography is a most thorough and satisfying account of the unique and beloved English journalist and author. Those whose knowledge of GKC is confined to the great man’s own words might tend to regard him as a somewhat otherworldly figure. In Ker’s biography we find Chesterton’s words balanced and grounded in the details of his everyday life, to such an extent that one review has even accused Ker’s book of making Chesterton ‘sound boring’. Notwithstanding his friendship or acquaintance with various literary luminaries, from Shaw and Wells, to Henry and William James, WB Yeats, Kipling, Russell and a host of other contemporaries, beyond his writing GKC did not lead the most exciting life.
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