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Dexter, Gary

 
9780711229297: Poisoned Pens: Literary Invective from Amis to Zola
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0711229295 ISBN 13: 9780711229297
Verlag: Frances Lincoln, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

With the single exception of Homer, there is no eminent writer, not even Sir Walter Scott, whom I can despise so entirely as I despise Shakespeare.' George Bernard Shaw From what Byron really thought of Keats to Salman Rushdie's savage put-down of John Le Carre, from Cocteau's damning view of Victor Hugo to Edith Sitwell's derogatory description of D.H. Lawrence, here, complied by the author of Why Not Catch 21? is an anthology of writers on writers, eloquently giving vent to their least charitable feelings in outbursts of petulance, denunciations, abuse, mockery, and more. What the reviewers said about Why Not Catch 21? 'A deliciously witty and erudite collection which, as with a box of chocolate liqueurs, I had to discipline myself not to consume too quickly. Few writers have ever worn their learning as lightly as Gary Dexter.' Gilbert Adair 'Fifty delicious little essays about, in some cases, very familiar books, which tell you things you didn't know before and occasionally draw odd and unexpected conclusions. If no one buys this delightful book for you, buy it for yourself. No literary lavatory will be complete without a copy.' Spectator

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Gary Dexter is the writer of a long-running column for the Sunday Telegraph.

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Verlag
Frances Lincoln
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0711229295
ISBN 13 
9780711229297
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
240
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