Neverland J. M. Barrie, the Du Mauriers, and the Dark Side of Peter Pan [Paperback]

In his revelatoryThere might be scarier books this season, but its unlikely that any will be as luridly creepy asStarred Review. A page-turner, Dudgeon shows how the sins, dark gifts, and obsessions of the best-selling novelist du Maurier were visited on the author ofDudgeon also portrays Barrie as a dark and troubled man who may have used hypnotism to gain an obsessive control over the Du Maurier boys and their mother. He goes on to look at Barrie's link to the tragic demise of the boys, from the drowning of Michael to the suicide of Peter.... this will appeal most to those with a specific interest in these authors.Meticulous and highly provocative... Dudgeon knows what he's doing and builds his case with precision and coolness... It's a gripping read that exposes the dark side to two seemingly innocent activities, writing and loving children... Dudgeon has exposed, in quite a magnificent way, the power and potential for abuse in both.A rattling grisly read... 'May God blast anyone who writes a biography of me,' Barrie warned and his curse was surely aimed at Dudgeon, who goes further than any other biographer... I defy you not to be captivated.Dudgeon...has negotiated the dark back-tracks and by-ways of Barrie's chilling Neverland.... He tells a terrible story without sentimentality, without sensationalism and without undue psychologising... Intelligently and feelingly done.Dudgeons portrait of Barrieas a man who filled the vacuum of his own sexual impotence by a compulsive desire to possess the family who inspired his most famous creation, Peter Panwill be of interest to anyone who has followed the twists of the du Maurier family history.A fascinating account of the psychological web in which Barrie trapped the tragic du Maurier family.A riveting joy. I was literally captivated by this story. Poor scintillating du Mauriers. Poor boys....I felt as if I was living it.The untold story behind