I'm not a big Wagner fan and even after having read the book aren't that interested in his life but I do like Callow's writing and it is marvellously written.
Callow has a soft spot for geniuses who were also performing hams - Orson Welles, Charles Dickens - so he goes for Wagner, who lived, felt and composed with almost comical intensity, the archetypcal arts wanker. Callow has enthusiasm and love for his subject matter and its music and you get swept up in his use of words, even if Wagner himself comes across as someone best to keep away from.
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