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# Henry Darger, Throwaway Boy: The Tragic Life of an Outsider Artist Hardcover – September 12, 2013

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thank You, Jim Elledge, For Setting The Record Straight!
*by B***E on November 22, 2021*

Ever since my recent discovery of Henry Darger, I've wanted to know more about him. Unfortunately, the info out there isn't very helpful, accusing Henry of being "crazy" and a "pedophile" with no concrete evidence whatsoever. This book changes all that by putting the reader in Darger's shoes, uncovering Henry's tragic childhood and heartbreaking adult life. I found myself empathizing with this poor man who was dealt such a sad lot in life. I commend Jim Elledge for his thorough and outstanding job in researching Darger. After reading this book, I can honestly say, I have an understanding of the talented and tortured soul, known as Henry Darger.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Not a fantasy world
*by D***L on January 20, 2015*

It's been for a long time one of my favorite tales of a life lived in the Twentieth Century, along with Patti Smith's life and Leonard Cohen's. A boy abused by his relatives and society in the turn of the century 1900s, relegated to a school for Feeble Minded Children who ultimately runs away and finds his future in the harsh, unforgiving underbelly of Chicago. He gains employment as a janitor in a hospital, gains an apartment, and maintains each for the next sixty-plus years, seldom seen by neighbors, a life lived in tragic seclusion. When he dies, his landlord discovers, in the apartment's back room, a nearly 50,000 page manuscript and the walls covered in amazing watercolor illustrations, a rich universe onto itself, an outsider art treasure trove. That's the general story you hear and most of it is true. In these versions, Darger is often portrayed as borderline retarded or naive enough not to know that little girls don't have penises, as he frequently drew them. Or as a psychotic that secretly dreamed of killing children. Jim Elledge dispels many of the lazy generalizations made about this special man and relies on facts as he can find them- school records, rent records, employment records, first hand accounts, ect. He painstakingly goes into the zeitgeist of the times as well- the treatment of homosexuals in the early 1900s, of the mentally ill, the lives lived by those in the stark subcultures of Chicago. In doing so, Elledge is able to come to terms with the controversial artwork and frame the art, and the artist, in a reasonable, factual light. The real history of Henry Darger isn't simple, isn't Herculean, isn't romantic and certainly isn't a modern fantasy. It was a real life lived under difficult circumstances, a life Darger dealt with through his paintings, cut-outs and writings. This book makes Henry Darger truly human.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Book, Jim Elledge!
*by S***L on October 10, 2013*

Jim Elledge's "Henry Darger Throwaway Boy" is a masterwork of research, storytelling and compassion. Elledge explores the life and time of Henry Darger and puts his artistry, genius and lifetime of abuse, use and neglect into context with a fresh, realistic perspective. Thank you Mr. Elledge. Susan Loden

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