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Alfred Jarry: A Pataphysical Life by Alastair Brotchie

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4.0

An excellent bio of the bizarre, baffling, brilliant artist and founder of the scientific field of 'Pataphysics, the science governing exceptions and imaginary solutions. Perhaps a bit bogged down in minutiae in the latter third, but an impressive work, and the first real biography of Jarry in English.
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