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Biographies About Writers (page 2)

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Released: May 18, 2010

A GREAT UNRECORDED HISTORY: A NEW LIFE OF E.M. FORSTER

by Wendy Moffat

"An empathic, highly informative celebration of the legacy of a profoundly decent but decidedly imperfect man who considered himself "the outsidest of outsiders.""

A buoyant, expressive biography of British novelist E.M. Forster (1879–1970), whose homosexuality had a profound effect on his literary output and career. Read full book review >

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Released: Dec. 8, 2009

THE TALENTED MISS HIGHSMITH: THE SECRET LIFE AND SERIOUS ART OF PATRICIA HIGHSMITH

by Joan Schenkar

"A comprehensive, nuanced evaluation of Highsmith Country."

Exhaustive study of the much-loathed suspense writer best known for the Ripley novels and Strangers on a Train. Read full book review >

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Released: July 1, 2007

JOHN BETJEMAN: THE BIOGRAPHY

by Bevis Hillier

"An exemplary biography evoking, in classic form, lives and times just gone."

The reigning authority on all things Betjemaniac squeezes his assiduous three-volume biography about the late poet laureate into one really big paperback. Read full book review >