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.
- ISBN10 0747539650
- ISBN13 9780747539650
- Publish Date 3 April 1998
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 360
- Language English
- URL http://bloomsbury.com/Trade/