The Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2 is being published this month, following on the heels of Volume 1, which became an immediate bestseller in 2010. (Twain required that this work be kept private until 100 years after this death. It will be capped by a third volume.) But don’t look for the trappings of a traditional autobiography anywhere in this mammoth book. It consists of unvarnished dictations that Twain produced from April 1906 through February 1907. Twain is frequently sad and cynical in these late-in-life writings (just a few years before his death) but his devastating wit and sharp-eyed commentary are on full display as well. You can read the Monitor's full review of "The Autobiography of Mark Twain" here.
