Ernie O'Malley: IRA Intellectual Book

I have no idea how accurate this biography is, but it contains some of Chesterton's most engaging prose. As with most of his works, it is less about its putative subject and more about human experience in general. He engages in the kind of snap editorializing which would scandalize the modern scholarly biographer, but this sort of thing is the reason why we read Chesterton in the first place. Fans of Chesterton will enjoy his liberal use of witty and entertaining aphorisms to sum up the many individuals who passed through Browning's life. The author also spends plenty of time discussing Browning's work. Each time he discussed a poem, his enthusiasm was such that I couldn't resist pausing to read at least a few stanzas of the original poem. If you like Chesterton, you ought to read this book.