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(More customer reviews)When I first picked up the book, Final Drafts, I thought it would be a series of depressing tales of writers who led desperate lives, ending them because of hopelessness, drug addition or failure.
Although many fit this criteria, Seinfelt managed to bring out a epathy towards these writers. He also managed to convey the fact that their lives were not wasted or thrown away, but even though wracked by pain, guilt or other strong emotion, many created works of art that endure today. I also got the sense that without their art, these individuals would not have lived as long as they did.
However, this does not pertain to all writers in the book. I felt people like Hitler (even treated unkindly by Seinfelt) and others did not belong in the same book as writers such as Mishima. The largest flaw in the book is that writers like Hitler should have been removed and the book shortened to include mostly writers driven to suicide by mental illness, failure or other cause beyond their control. With some good editing and removing about 150 pages, I would given this book 5 stars.
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