This collection of essays focuses on Salman Rushdie, Stephen Spender, R.S. Thomas, Elisabeth Thomas, Elisabeth Bishop and many others. They take biography as their starting point, but their final aim is to iluminate the writer's work. Not limited simply to literary subjects, the book also includes essays on football, money, travel and the rigours of the literary life.
| ISBN: | 9780747539650 |
| Publication date: | 3rd April 1998 |
| Author: | Ian Hamilton |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Genres: |
Literary essays Biography: general |