Books of the Week: Tom Stoppard: A Life, Munkey Diaries: 1957-1982, Trio

New releases by Hermione Lee, Jane Birkin and William Boyd

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Hermione Lee’s biography of Tom Stoppard is an “astute and unfailingly clear” commentary on the playwright’s life and work. Jane Birkin’s diaries, addressed to her toy “Munkey”, reveal a troubled icon given to “self-loathing”. And William Boyd’s new novel set in Brighton in 1968 has a mood that’s a “mix of frolicsome and melancholy”.

Book of the week Tom Stoppard: A Life by Hermione Lee

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