Re: Humphrey Carpenter reviews "Tolkien and the Great War"

In rec.arts.books.tolkien Stan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in 
: rec.arts.books.tolkien, Öjevind Lång <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
: wrote:
:> I can only repeat what I
:>have already said: I'd enjoy a biography of Tolkien that gives a full
:>picture of the man, warts and all, without any "soft-pedalling" or family
:>censorship.

: The fact that you think that's what you said before speaks volumes. 

That is what he said:
        I can't speak on the matter of John Garth's book, but I think Carpenter is
        quite right when he says that we need a biography of Tolkien that is not
        "polite" - not a muckraking book, but one that simply admits that even the
        sun has spots; that investigates Tolkien the man and Tolkien the writer from
        all angles and is not content to simply depict him the way his family wants
        him to be depicted. There are so many interesting things that we simply do
        not know because of the fanatical secretiveness of the Tolkien family and
        their allies.
Why are you all so convinced something else was said?  What do you think
the above paragraph says?

Stephen