Bernard Shaw V 1: The Search for Love (1856-1898)

``Holroyd, biographer of Lytton Strachey and Augustus John, produces here a biography of the highest order--generous, poised, utterly fascinating, Shavian in its unmasking of Shaw's deceits, attuned to G.B.S.'s complexity,'' praised PW , stating: ``This is a Shaw for our time.'' Photos. (July)