A skilful, moving ‘jeu d’esprit‘ turns about the life of the poet, the nature of his work, and the author’s preoccupation with him over several decades. It contains as much fiction as fact, and is a brilliant and insightful character sketch. If you ever think at all fondly of Betjeman (and even if you don’t), this will be a joy; and if you ever studied Eng lit, or had opinions about teaching, acting, poetry, fatherhood, churches, or many other things including not being quite totally 100% hetero or homo then this will beguile you. We still have a picture of Betjeman at Sandoe’s on which he drew a monocle that he believed made him look like Radclyffe Hall. This is a limited hardback edition of 100 copies published exclusively for John Sandoe’s.
Being Betjeman(n)
(author)
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Edition:Hardback978191291645001/11/2020
Categories: 01. Books for Christmas 2020: Biography, Biography, Letters & Diaries, Books for Christmas 2020, Remarkables, Small & Private Press
Tag: Books about Writers
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