The title is part of her 1947 New Year’s Eve toast. Openly gay, Highsmith was famously beastly to lovers and friends. This new biography traces connections between her complex character and her work.
Devils, Lusts and Strange Desires: The Life of Patricia Highsmith
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LINDA: A Writer’s Journey
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Beautifully written and sensitive to his subject, this is a moving novel about Lampedusa, his remarkable wife Alexandra von Wolff-Stomersee, and the writing of 'The Leopard'.
Lampedusa
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This year will be the 70th anniversary of Orwell's death, and there's a lot of doublespeak around. Thank God for Orwell.
Orwell: A Man Of Our Time
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This skilful, moving jeu d'esprit could just as well be in the fiction section. It's about both the poet and the author's preoccupation with him, and contains as much fiction as fact. If you... read more
Being Betjeman
Paperback £9.99