Until now, Connolly (unlike just about every other major and minor writer of our time), has escaped a full-scale biography.

Clearly, the lesson of this book is that not every great man deserves a full-scale biography.

This book, a full-scale biography and a choice of his works were edited by Mirande Lucien.

Further recognition came in the 1990s; two full-scale biographies of him appeared almost simultaneously.

There may be good reason why no full-scale biography of her has been published until now.

What was intended as a short book about his plays and politics turned, thanks to his openness, into a full-scale biography.

There have already been at least four full-scale biographies of Judy Garland, plus several memoirs by those who knew her.

The first full-scale biography raises the question (which remains unresolved) of whether its subject ever followed his convictions rather than his interests.

It is a full-scale political biography of Nixon during his early career in politics.

"I was interested enough and had read enough over the years to think there was a market for a full-scale biography," he said.