Lucian Freud (1922-2011) is one of the greatest painters of the 20th and 21st centuries. Though ferociously private, he spoke on the phone for at least an hour a day for almost 40 years to his close confidante and collaborator William Feaver - about painting and the art world, but also about his life and loves. Feaver wrote down their conversations immediately and typed up his hand-written account the next day.