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Cyril Connoly

A Life

Cyril Connoly( )
Author: Lewis, Jeremy
ISBN:978-0-224-03710-5
Publication Date:Jun 1997
Publisher:Penguin Random House
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $50.00
Book Description:

Cyril Connolly was haunted throughout his life by a sense of failure and a romantic yearning to recover a lost Eden. His two books, The Unquiet Grave and Enemies of Promise are considered to be classics of English prose, and as editor of Horizon he nurtured some of the finest writers of his time.

Book Details
Pages:675
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.63 x 9.36 Inches
Book Weight:2.562 Pounds
Author Biography
Lewis, Jeremy (Author)
Jeremy Morley Lewis was born in Salisbury, England on March 15, 1942. He read history at Trinity College, Dublin and received a master's degree in European studies from the University of Sussex. He worked for several publishing houses including William Collins, Oxford University Press, and Chatto and Windus. He also worked on literary magazines including the Literary Review and The Oldie.

He wrote three autobiographical books entitled Playing for Time, Kindred Spirits: Adrift in Literary London, and Grub Street Irregular: Scenes from Literary Life. His other books included Cyril Connolly: A Life, Tobias Smollett, Penguin Special: The Life and Times of Allen Lane, Shades of Greene: One Generation of an English Family, and David Astor. He died on April 10, 2017 at the age of 75.

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