Charles William Donaldson (January 4, 1935 - June 22, 2005) was an English satirist, writer, rake and playboy, author of "The Henry Root Letters". Donaldson enjoyed a privileged upbringing in Sunningdale, Berkshire as the son of a shipping magnate. He was educated at Winchester College, and during his national service he met Julian Mitchell who introduced him to art galleries. Donaldson discovered prostitutes himself. Wikipedia
Censorious spirits might say that the writer and satirist William Donaldson, who has died aged 70, repeatedly took the wrong path. books.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,11617,1514207,00....
Donaldson's genius was to write letters that appeared absurd to the public but not to those to whom they were addressed. news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/06/27...
They made Donaldson rich, not for the first time in his life, and secured his place as a cult figure among 20th-century satirists. www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1670546,00.html
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