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As before, Bevis Hillier reveals the origins of Betjeman's most loved poems; brings to life his loves, hates and enthusiasms; and shows the role that friendship and laughter played in his life.
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Not the least of Betjamin's achievements was to secure Bevis Hillier as his biographer...a monumental study (Times Literary Supplement)
Hillier's enthralling, many-voiced biography is an awesome achievement. But it is no more than Betjeman's due (John Carey, Sunday Times)
An awe-inspiring piece of scholarship, presented with touching warmth and affection ... Betjeman has had the best and most sympathetic biographer he could have wished for (Artemis Cooper, Evening Standard)
Fascinating (Humphrey Carpenter, Sunday Times)
Sharply perceptive ... compelling ... A biography this good abolishes time in its own way, and triumphantly ensures Betjeman's survival (Peter Conrad, Observer)
It is part of Mr Hillier's achievement that, while laying bare so many of Betjeman's foibles ... one still thinks of him as a great man. (Country Life)
A mosaic in which the true face of the man and his times is revealed (Mail on Sunday)
Betjeman's place is not just in literature. As Hillier's detailed, often hilarious, and very poignant Ordnance Survey map suggest, Betjeman is also significant in the history of English society and taste, a 20th century addition to that very special gallery which includes Dr Johnson, Horace Walpole and Oscar Wilde (Duncan Fallowell, The Express)
Hillier's monumental approach to biography would be justified, because he paints not just an individual but a species ... Hillier's enthralling, many-voiced biography, the fruit of 28 years' research and inquiry, is an awesome achievement. But it is no more than Betjeman's due. (John Carey, Sunday Times)
The chubbiest, juiciest book of the year (Barry Humphries, Daily Telegraph)
L'autore
Bevis Hillier has devoted more than twenty-five years to writing Betjeman's life, a task entrusted to him by the poet himself. Like Betjeman he was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. Later he joined the Times, became editor of The Connoisseur and a columnist on the Los Angeles Times, as well as writing for many other papers and journals. He edited Betjeman's 'Uncollected Poems' (now included in 'Collected Poems'), compiled 'John Betjeman: A Life in Pictures' and is the author of 'Young Betjeman'. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in Hampshire.
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- EditoreJohn Murray Pubs Ltd
- Data di pubblicazione2005
- ISBN 10 071956557X
- ISBN 13 9780719565571
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine784
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