Someone once wrote that the really first rate biography of Peter Finch has yet to be written - I think that's really unfair, because there are two first rate bios which came out close to each other, this and one by Elaine Dundy. (There's also a memoir from his second wife which is worth reading.)
This has the advantage of being written by an actor who was a pupil and friend of Finch's, and being done soon after Finch's death, so there's lots of interviews with people who knew him well, plus some excellent analysis of his acting. Particularly useful is the stuff about Finch's theatre work in Australia and in England in the early 50s. A very good book and an important look at Finch.
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