Bernard Shaw is the first mind in the English drama of our century, a wise and wittiest interlocutor who left the deepest mark on world culture. That is why interest in this outstanding personality has not waned for half a century. Hesketh Pearson's book is a unique attempt to penetrate the writer's complex spiritual world, effectively leaving him to write about himself. A good half of the book is written in the first person and is invaluable material about the life and work of Bernard Shaw.