Text: Still, Yardley's book has value as a study of just how small and brief and enigmatic certain writers' lives can be once you've subtracted their work from the equation.
Entailment: Yardley led a very quiet and enigmatic life outside of his work as a writer.
Contradiction: Yardley led a charismatic and extremely outgoing lifestyle. Visiting parties and always conversing about his new work with people.