Reviews round-up
Jan Morris
by Sara Wheeler
5 of 7 critics positive
11 reviews: 1 rave, 4 positives, 2 mixed; 4 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
“masterly account of a flawed figure”
Jan Morris by Sara Wheeler review – masterly account of a flawed figure | Biography books
“suggests that was an apt title for an enigmatic and eccentric English writer”
Jan Morris: the trans pioneer with no interest in gender issues
“shows why the journalist, world traveler, historian and essayist was far more than a trailblazer”
She Saw Herself as a Woman, Not a Trans Woman
“as adventurous and as intelligent as its roving subject”
Writer, explorer, trans pioneer: The wild life of Jan Morris
“Sara Wheeler's biography is 'brave,”
Jan Morris was a star writer, a trans pioneer — and a monstrous egotist
“but always a narcissist”
Jan Morris was a man, then a trans woman—but always a narcissist
“Rather than tackle all of Morris’s books, author summarises just one-third of total collection”
Jan Morris – A Life by Sara Wheeler: Biography races through writer’s contradictory 94 years
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