
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.

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...