The Shameful Life of Salvador Dali (1997)

This biography argues that Salvador Dali lived a "shameful" life in every way: that underlying his exhibitionism was an intense feeling of shame, the individual hanging his head being one of the recurrent themes of his painting. The book presents a portrait of a disjointed character. Traces the infamous artist's life from childhood to death, revealing his outlandish personality, paranoia, and sexual torment