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Severine Cordier.
The bulk of this biography is well written, informative, and thoughtful, combining personal and historical anecdotes and supplemented with evocative photographs, drawings, and sidebars. The introductory "biographical comic" detracts somewhat from the overall message and aesthetic. Several pages of appended quotes, though nicely laid out, do little to further the power of Gandhi's story. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., ind.