MAXWELLS GHOST (ORIGIN)

A classic account of the life and achievements of Gavin Maxwell, whose work and beliefs have attained an almost mythical status. This book caused a stir when it was published in 1976 because it dealt candidly with its subject's homosexual friendships. This aspect of the man had not been common knowledge even among Maxwell's close friends. Frere denied sensationalizing in his book. He said that Maxwell had asked him on his death-bed to write it, and 'demanded that I write a true and impartial account'.