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Gentleman Rider: A Life of Joyce Cary
A.g. Bishop
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Hardcover. 408pp. Some minor shading
Published to coincide with the centenary of Cary's birth, this biography covers this English novelist's life from birth into a major, but declining Anglo-Irish family to his experiences of Bohemianism in Oxford and Paris and his first taste of war in the Balkans. He examines Cary's years as a colonial administrator in Nigeria and follows his career through to the full flowering of his fame with the publication of "The Horse's Mouth" in 1944, and then to his later family years in Oxford where he enjoyed the friendship and respect of some of the foremost literary figures of his time. ... Read more
Published to coincide with the centenary of Cary's birth, this biography covers this English novelist's life from birth into a major, but declining Anglo-Irish family to his experiences of Bohemianism in Oxford and Paris and his first taste of war in the Balkans. He examines Cary's years as a colonial administrator in Nigeria and follows his career through to the full flowering of his fame with the publication of "The Horse's Mouth" in 1944, and then to his later family years in Oxford where he enjoyed the friendship and respect of some of the foremost literary figures of his time. ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Michael Joseph London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
1st Edition
Yes
Dustjacket
Yes
Dustjacket Condition
Fine
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780718123307
SKU
KHS1004126
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