Henry Darger, Throw Away Boy: The Tragic Life of an Outsider Artist by Jim Elledge

Henry Darger, Throw Away Boy: The Tragic Life of an Outsider Artist

Jim Elledge

384 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction art biography history challenging reflective slow-paced
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"Henry Darger was utterly unknown during his lifetime, keeping a quiet, secluded existence as a janitor on Chicago's North Side. When he died his landlord discovered a treasure trove of more than three hundred canvases and more than 30,000 manuscr...

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