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Ellmann's Joyce: The Biography of a Masterpiece and Its Maker | Zachary Leader
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Richard Ellmann's James Joyce, published in 1959, has been called "the greatest literary biography of the twentieth century." Ellmann's Joyce provides the biography of the biography--an eye-opening account of how Ellmann's book came to be, the intrigue surrounding it, and its enduring impact on the study and making of literary lives.
An advance reader copy collected for me from this year's American Library Association conference by my new boss and library director. A kind and unexpected gift.