Inclination, I should think: it's a real Ray hallmark that nothing is ever thorough.John Clarke wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 11:10 pmI once flicked through a copy of Becoming A Grandmaster (couldn't do more: it was in a library where I wasn't a registered borrower; never come across another since). Felt vaguely irritated that there was no account of RDK's early, pre-international career, which for my money would have been at least as interesting as what came after. (I have the same view of many other autobiographies - the best bits are usually the struggles to get established in the subject's chosen field. Once through that, they too often degenerate into a series of superficialities: "I met so-and-so; we did this and that", etc.)
If the other posters here are right about the recycling, that would partly explain why this important information is missing - lack of time or inclination to write it from scratch.
(I mean it's quite a nice book to read, I liked it a lot as a kid. But it's bits and pieces, and probably borrowed bits and pieces at that.)