Isbn: 9781857028492 - an encyclopaedia of myself (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2014 Nothing wilfully invented. Memory invents unbidden. The 1950s were not grey. In Jonathan Meadess detailed, petit-point memoir they are luridly polychromatic. They were peopled by embittered grotesques, bogus majors, vicious spinsters, reckless bohos, pompous boors, suicides. Death went dogging everywhere. Salisbury, where he was brought up, had two industries: God and the Cold War, both of which provided a cast of adults for the child to scrutinise desiccated God-botherers on the one hand, gung-ho chemical warriors on the other. The title is grossly inaccurate. This book is, rather, a portrait of a disappeared provincial England, a time and place unpeeled with gruesome relish. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Subjects; Meades, Jonathan (1947-). Authors, English 20th century Biography. Television writers Great Britain Biography. Salisbury (England) Biography. 1 Kg.…