RaveThe Wall Street JournalGruesomely fascinating ... By the time we arrive at the last years of Gauguin’s life, Ms. Prideaux’s astringent sympathy has accustomed us to one violent or egotistical episode after another ... This is a biography for anyone who wants to know about the man behind some irrepressibly memorable art, about one of the most creatively magic moments of European history and about a vividly extreme version of a recurring human situation.
