Andrew Wilson is an award-winning journalist and author. His work has appeared in a wide variety of publications including the Guardian, the Washington Post, the Sunday Times, and the Smithsonian Magazine. He is the author of four acclaimed biographies, a book about the survivors of the Titanic, and the novels The Lying Tongue, A Talent for Murder, A Different Kind of Evil, and Death in a Desert Land.
"[Wilson]organizes his material calmy and cogently, as one would
expect of the man who wrote a very good biography of Patricia
Highsmith...Wilson knows what he is doing and it shows. As does the
fact that he wrote this book with the full co-operation from the
McQueen family...Wilson's book has thoughtfulness and deep feeling
for his subject. There is also a degree of seriousness to
Wilson'swords, which maintain the impartiality essential to
biography."-- "Colin McDowell, Business of Fashion (UK)"
"A wonderfully readable and well-researched account ...Wilson
paints McQueen as an intensely complex but ultimately likeable
person with a dark side that destroyed him ... Despite all the
outrageous episodes, Wilson's coup is to make McQueen seem human,
tortured by his genius."-- "Daily Telegraph (UK)"
"Sensitively written, full of insight and intelligence, thisbook
gets to the essence of McQueen's creativity and really captures
him. Itdoesn't shy away from the darkness - on the contrary, the
darkness makes thelight burn so much brighter and is all the more
fascinating for it. Thebiography of a genius. I loved it."--Daphne
Guinness
"This is the book Lee would have wanted to have been
written."--Janet McQueen, McQueen's eldest sister
"Wilson's storytelling is crisp as he offers new insights into
McQueen's short life...[and] provides unprecedented access to a
misunderstood soul."-- "Boston Globe"
"My work is like a biography of my own personality," the late
fashion designer Alexander McQueen said, a thought that informs the
structure of this account of his life and work. Discussion of his
sometimes macabre runway shows reveals a man obsessed with death
and spectacle and haunted by childhood sexual abuse. Some critics,
observing the near-brutality of the shows charged McQueen with
misogyny, but Wilson sees the more extreme costumes as "armor," a
"sartorial force field," and, perhaps, an invitation to
empowerment."-- "The New Yorker"
"Presents a thorough and emotionally compelling exploration of the
life, work, and inner demons of fashion designer Alexander
McQueen....Wilson paints vivid portraits of McQueen's family and
friends....a fully realized representation of a complex and
enigmatic artist."-- "Publishers Weekly"
"Wilson's compelling and heavily researched bio...has already been
published to rave reviews in Britain."-- "Entertainment Weekly"
[In] Andrew Wilson's magnificent biography...[Alexander McQueen]
comes across as a modern-day Mozart, unpredictable, rebellious,
kind, witty, clever, scatalogical, but always with the unique
talent and creative genius shining through...bounds across the
pages and is brought to life by extensive interviews with family
and friends...McQueen has got in Wilson the biographer he
deserves.-- "The Independent (UK)"
Best reveals the human being who gripped fashion editors and
consumers alike...Through Mr. Wilson's formidable reporting, one
fathoms the chasm Mr.McQueen crossed between his working-class
origins and the fast lane career that perplexed his own family.--
"Wall Street Journal"
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