Henry Darger, Throwaway Boy: The Tragic Life of an Outsider Artist by Jim Elledge

Henry Darger, Throwaway Boy: The Tragic Life of an Outsider Artist

Jim Elledge

396 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction art biography history challenging reflective slow-paced
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While some art historians tend to dismiss Darger as possibly psychotic, Jim Elledge cuts through the cloud of controversy and rediscovers Darger as a damaged and fearful gay man, raised in a world unaware of the consequences of child abuse or gay ...

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