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The Prose Factory: Literary Life in Britain Since 1918
The Prose Factory Literary Life in Britain Since 1918 Author:D J Taylor Gossipy journalists, revolutionary poets, political novelists and influential professors: take a tour of twentieth century literary culture. — The book DJ Taylor was born to write: award-winning literary biographer (won Whitbread Prize for biography of George Orwell), esteemed journalist and novelist (longlisted for Booker for Derby Day) is ... more »the expert on 20th century literary culture: he's lived and worked through half of it!
Gossipy and entertaining: a fantastic read, full of juicy details and hilarious anecdotes about the great minds of the twentieth century.
Insight into our world: shines a light on readers, writers, publishers, booksellers, magazine editors - and holds them up for scrutiny.« less