Fassbinder Thousands of Mirrors

I really enjoy essays and writing about different forms of art, about the genesis of an artwork and the humans who create them, and Ian Penman's book on German director Reiner Werner Fassbinder is among the best of its kind that I've read in recent years.

Written in four weeks to emulate the frantic way Fassbinder scripted and directed his films, this is not a dry, super-detailed biography but a romp through the 1970s and 80s Western European art and history and, at the same time, an ode to the bright screen in the dark room and its powers.