Just finished it. Overall a good book.
In my personal opinion I still think Kaczynski's, Perdurabo, is better. But I think Churton's book, with it's humour, readability, and easy-going style, has more popular appeal.
Was there anything in there that I didn't already know? Not really. Although Churton's assertion that Gerald Yorke may have been involved in Crowley never getting to see his daughter, Lulu, ever again was a bit of an eye opener. (p.330-331)
It's very obvious that Churton has taken advantage of the work of Richard B. Spence and his book,
Secret Agent 666. But there was a lot of guess work and supposition in that book, so it also applies here with Churton. A lot of the Aleister Crowley spy angle has to be qualified with a fair sprinkle of "possible", "maybe", and question marks. Thankfully that's how Churton has treated it.
One consequnce of Churton's added emphasis on the spy work is that he has broadened the scope of his biography. But a knock effect of greater breadth is often a lack of depth. I sometimes felt that many incidents in Crowley life were mentioned in an abreviated way to save space.
Quibbles aside I still think it's a great bio and would be happy to recommend it to anyone. Churton may not be as detailed as Kaczynski, but he is better than the yawn inducing, Sutin IMHO.
As I closed the book for the last time my final thoughts were, "Wow! What a life!" To me that's the sign of a good Crowley bio.