
Diego Rivera is regarded as one of the greatest Mexican artists of the 20th century - an audacious muralist, voracious lover and ardent leftist who befriended Picasso. In this part biography, part appreciation, writer Pete Hamill turns a novelist's eye to Rivera's tempestuous...

One of the greatest Mexican artists of this century, Rivera was an audacious muralist, a voracious lover and an ardent leftist who befriended Picasso, married Frida Kahlo and quarrelled with Leon Trotsky. His life makes fascinating reading.