Charlie Chaplin, monster
A review of Peter Ackroyd’s Charlie Chaplin. His films may have been all sweetness and light – but Chaplin's ego had few limits
‘Less political satire than back-handed homage:Charlie Chaplin in a scene from The Great Dictator [Getty Images/Shutterstock/iStock/Alamy]
Charlie Chaplin
Peter Ackroyd
Chatto, pp. 262, £
Available from the Spectator Bookshop, £12.99. Tel: 08430 600033
Charlie Chaplin
Peter Ackroyd
Chatto, pp. 262, £
Charlie Chaplin
Peter Ackroyd
Chatto, pp. 262, £
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