After keeping us waiting for a century, Mark Twain will finally reveal all - News, Books - The Independent

The most revealing new autobiography of 2010? The life of Mark Twain

"The great American writer left instructions not to publish his autobiography until 100 years after his death, which is now."

"There is a perception that Twain spent his final years basking in the adoration of fans. The autobiography will perhaps show that it wasn't such a happy time. He spent six months of the last year of his life writing a manuscript full of vitriol, saying things that he'd never said about anyone in print before. It really is 400 pages of bile."