Guardian Unlimited Books | Review | The bear facts
Another review (this one by Simon Callow) of
The Life and Works of Alfred Bestall: Illustrator of Rupert Bear by Caroline G Bott
"[Bott] was his god-daughter and the book is intended as a loving memorial. The narrative is skimpy, however; his unremarkable letters are paralysingly quoted in toto and there is no attempt at either analysis or evocation. But the man none the less compels..."
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