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This was a much more successful book than Nancy Horan's "Loving Frank" (see below, where I gave that two stars) but not Boyle's best. It tells the story of the seminal women in Frank Lloyd Wright's life with varying degrees of detail -- possibly due to the varying amounts of source material available about each woman but, I think, more likely based on who was the most fun to write about (which would be crazy drug-addled Maude, whom I got a little tired of despite the fascinating, over-the-top nuttiness of her voice). Stylistically it's inventive, employing a narrator who idolizes Wright but has enough of an outsider's perspective to lend wry and insightful commentary to the story -- while telling that story "backwards" through time. And even more so than in Horan's book, you come away with a rueful appreciation of what a horrible person Wright was in many ways -- but also an appreciation of what drew people to him so strongly. I'll never be able to look at Wright's work or genius in quite the same way...

2022-10-26 03:20