A review by kfrench1008
Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life by Peter Ackroyd

4.0

Nowhere near as comprehensive as David Robinson's definitive biography, but it benefits from Ackroyd's objective point of view. He is not out to smear Chaplin, but to present him as a great artist and an often flawed human being. His descriptions of the London of Chaplin's childhood and of early Hollywood are very evocative.