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The Times Biography of the Year
Winner of the Hawthornden Prize 2019
Shortlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Prize 2019
Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2019
Longlisted for the Cundhill History Prize 2019
'Outstanding.' The Sunday Times
'A revelation.' Guardian
'Wonderful.' The Times
'Riveting.' New Statesman
Friedrich Nietzsche's work rocked the foundation of Western thinking and continues to permeate our culture, high and low - yet he is one of history's most misunderstood philosophers. Sue Prideaux's myth-shattering book brings readers into the world of a brilliant, eccentric and deeply troubled man, illuminating the events and people that shaped his life and work. I Am Dynamite! is the essential biography for anyone seeking to understand Nietzsche, the philosopher who foresaw - and sought solutions to - our own troubled times.
Dense, complex and hilarious . . . Such a blast to read. -- Hugo Rifkind, The Times
Engrossing, intelligent, moving, often downright funny, and filled with insights and sharply observed details from an extraordinary life. -- Sarah Bakewell
Hilarious, tragic, camp, farcical, ripe . . . Reveals how extraordinary philosophical ideas emerged from an extraordinary - and extraordinarily flawed - life., Sunday Times Books of the Year
A wonderfully gripping new biography . . . the type you stay in bed all Sunday just to finish., Irish Times
Excellently researched and compulsively readable . . . Deeply enjoyable and enlightening., Spectator
A troubled, troubling man is brought brilliantly to life. -- Tom Holland, New Statesman Books of the Year
Sue Prideaux's Nietzsche is a compelling, vulnerable and poignant figure; this biography is the liveliest and freshest account for a long time of one of the most overwhelming intellectual presences in the mind of modern Europe. -- Dr Rowan Williams
