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Mon 12 Dec 2009Absorbing analysis of Chaplin's appalling childhood
BOOK OF THE DAY:Chaplin: A Life,By Stephen Weissman, JR Books 315pp, £18.99
MOST CHILDREN know what Charlie Chaplin looks like, though they might not know what he did. He has been the subject of scores of books and wrote his own in 1964. A 1992 biopic starring Robert Downey jnr was a hit. What is there left to say about the man?
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