Le Fanu
Tough one, because despite what is often said about the Sutin book as being a bit dry, I actually raced through the book simply because Crowley's life is so racy! The print is big and it's just over 400 pages if I remember rightly. The pictures are shockingly poor though. But I essentialy read the book in a week, stretched out on the beach and couldn't put it down.Hi, Le Fanu. Thanks for your thoughts.
I realise you still haven't finished Perdurabo, but if you had to choose between that and Sutin which would it be?
But - as we've said before - there's this hole where the spiritual quest should be elucidated.
Perdurabo, is denser, more difficult. Approx 500 pages (not including appendixes etc) of very small print. Much more researched but - as a result - more taxing for the reader. Like I said elsewhere, the magic in Crowley's life is woven surriptitously into the narrative and it feels so real.
I think if one were to read only one biography it would be Perdurabo, but the two together would compliment each other perfectly. But I'm no expert.