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Howard Jacobson's funny, revealing and tender memoir of his path to becoming a writer
'One of the all-time great memoirs' Daily Telegraph
'Wonderful...candid ...
From Voltaire to Verlaine and from Hugo to Hemingway, these are the Paris locations that have influenced modern literature.
The book is an elegant photographic ...
In this new book, David Ellis traces Byron's life from rented lodgings in Aberdeen to the crumbling splendours of Newstead Abbey and then on ...
NOMINATED FOR THE H.R.F. KEATING AWARD, 2022.
'My New Year's Eve Toast: to all the devils, lusts, passions, greeds, envies, loves, hates ...
In this literary memoir, writer and critic Helen Elliott observes her younger years via these letters to eleven influential people in her life.
Helen Elliott ...
Lovers of Haiku, Zen and Japan will find this novel truly inspiring!
An extraordinary man at a crucial time and place.
Imprisoned during World War ...
Enlightening, moving SIR IAN MCKELLENFrom the acclaimed and bestselling biographer Jonathan Bate, a luminous new exploration of Shakespeare and how his themes can untangle comedy ...
"As gripping and twisted as a James Ellroy novel." - Ian Rankin
"A masterpiece of literary biography." - David Peace
The first critical biography of a titan ...
The words of its writers are part of the texture of Dublin, an invisible counterpart to the bricks and pavement we see around us. Beyond ...
A renowned scholar of the English language, Tolkien is today celebrated as the father of the high fantasy genre. Drawing on his knowledge of languages ...
'Something will happen to me on Desolation Peak...I can feel it.'
In the summer of 1956, Jack Kerouac hitchhiked from Mill Valley, CA, to ...
A great theater critic brings twentieth-century playwright Arthur Miller's dramatic story to life with bold and revealing new insights
Distinguished theater critic John Lahr ...