Results for: books tagged ‘Journalism’
All What Jazz: Philip Larkin
The Faber Book of Reportage: John Carey
What was it like to be caught in the firestorm that destroyed Pompeii? To have dinner with Attila the Hun? To watch the charge of the Light Brigade? To see ... More
Sweet Smell of Success: Ernest Lehman
With lines so sharp you could shave yourself with them, Sweet Smell of Success is the smartest, most cynical American film of the 1950s. Written by Ernest Lehman (North by ... More
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Sylvia Plath
From her mid-teens Sylvia Plath wrote stories, at first easily and successfully, but then with increasing difficulty as the demands of her real vision complicated her growing ambition to make ... More
Required Writing: Philip Larkin
The appearance of Philip Larkin's second prose collection - reviews and critical assessments of writers and writing; pieces on jazz, mostly uncollected; some long, revealing and often highly entertaining interviews ... More
The Hidden Huxley: David Bradshaw
Further Requirements: Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin's Required Writing, a selection from his miscellaneous prose from 1953-82, was highly praised and enjoyed when it appeared in 1983. Further Requirements gathers together many other interviews, broadcasts, ... More
Coronation Everest: Jan Morris
'Exquisite, powerful . . . I can think of no better way of commemorating British exploration's culminating triumph.' Simon WinchesterThis classic account offers a breathtakingly intimate evocation of the most ... More
Collected Prose: Paul Auster
Paul Auster’s Collected Prose is an essential collection from one of the finest thinkers and stylists in contemporary letters.The celebrated author of The New York Trilogy, Moon Palace and The ... More
Fullalove: Gordon Burn
Norman Miller used to be one of Fleet Street's finest. Now he's a middle-aged, burned-out hack with a gift for the sensational story, the shouting tabloid lead. But as he ... More
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