PICASSO A BIOGRAPHY

Patrick OBrian was a near neighbour of Picassos in the south of France for many years and knew him well. His much admired biography gives full weight to hte distinctly Mediterranean origins of Picassos character and art. The man that emerges from teh pages of this scholarly and passionate biography is one of many contradictions: hard and tender, mean and generous, affectionate and cold, private despite his relish of fame.