Krishnamurti: The Man, the Mystery & the Message

Rating:
Summary: A good introduction -- not so in-your-face.
Review: The book is a wonderful entry into the world of Jiddu Krishnamurti. Stuart Holroyd at times does wax hagiographic -- but that cannot be helped from one so close to his/her subject.

Holroyd brings Krishnamurti alive in a not so in-your-face approach that allows the reader to get into (as much as possible from a biography -- rather than an autobiography) the subject in all his deceptive simpleness. Don't let the writer fool you -- Jiddu Krishnamurti is as complex a character you will ever read about. The book is somewhat chronological in its configuration but later yields to a topical format. The first part is insightful as it gives you an idea about the man. The second part is illuminating because it gives the reader an idea about the thoughts of J. Krishnamurti.

I highly recommend this book for the curious and for the novice (but do not stop with this....). Far from being comprehensive, it is wonderful for its exploratory powers.

Miguel Llora