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Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time

By Hilary Spurling

Book information

Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Year
2017
ISBN
0241143837, 9780241143834
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
21 MB (21933577 bytes)
Edition
Hardcover
Pages
510\0
Time added
2018-09-19 09:31:53

Description

The definitive portrait of a literary master from one of our generation's foremost biographers Acclaimed literary biographer Hilary Spurling turns her attention to Anthony Powell, an iconic figure of English letters. Equally notorious for his literary achievements and his lacerating wit, Powell famously authored the twelve-volume, twenty-five year magnum opus,A Dance to the Music of Time. This enduringly fascinating portrait of mid-20th-century Britain has never been out of print, inspiring TV and radio adaptations and elevating the author toThe Times'list of fifty greatest British writers since 1945. Master novelist, well-connected socialite and keen-eyed social observer, Powell comes into focus as never before in this authoritative biography from one of our generation's greatest biographers.

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