Last Monday, Feb. 27th, I was able to buy another book to add to my growing collection of Dune novels. The book was Heretics of Dune at the irresistible price of P30.
Upon further browsing, I discovered a biographical novel of one of my favorites artists of all time, Michelangelo. This book is The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone. Here are some info about the author from Amazon.com:
Irving Stone was born in San Francisco on July 14, 1903. He wrote several books in a genre that he coined the “biographical novel,” which recounted the lives of well-known historical figures. In these novels, Stone interspersed biography with fictional narrative on the psychology and private lives of his subjects. He also wrote biographies of Clarence Darrow and Earl Warren, and short biographies of men who lost presidential elections. He died on August 26, 1989.
The Agony and the Ecstasy got a very high 4 plus rating at Goodreads.com and most of the reviews there are positive. I haven't read any biographical novel and I am hoping that this book would be my first. I just need more time to squeeze in my reading since my reading time has been reduced to nil ever since I stopped riding on the MRT.
