"Throughout his excellent, comprehensively documented critical biography, the best yet available in English, Hewitt contextualises his subject expertly." Times Higher Education Supplement "Taking advantage of recent biographies written in French and of newly available materials, Hewitt skilfully uses - and, at time, abuses - the available sources. At its best, Hewitt's clear and understandable prose takes the reader inside ... Read moreCéline's novel. He points out what to look for, explains what is important, and makes interesting connections." Choice "Very elegantly written book, which is also an intriguing presentation of French social and political life in the closing years of the nineteenth century and the first two-thirds of the twentieth." MLR Show Less