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Richard Bradford, Professor of English at the University of Ulster, has already written biographies of Philip Larkin and Kingsley Amis, in each case however, when the subject was safely dead. He is now working on a biography surely a bit premature? of Martin Amis, but meanwhile here he is with a long, detailed, thorough, and agreeably sympathetic life of Alan Sillitoe. --The Scotsman
The Life of a Long-Distance Writer shows in penetrating detail, the two worlds of Sillitoe s fiction sometimes distinct, occasionally contending, at times seamlessly conjoined are replicated in his own career. In forging an aesthetic in which they could be brought together, he has also solved a problem with which practically every working-class writer sent south to storm the citadels of literary London has had to contend: how to stay close enough to the things that are worth writing about, while dealing with the consequences of your deracination. --Times Literary Supplement
Richard Bradford, professor of English at the University of Ulster, is making a nice corner in Fifties writers, having already written lives of Philip Larkin and Kingsley Amis. Currently - leaping a generation - he is writing the authorised biography of Martin Amis. Bradford is a skilful analyst. He makes penetrating inquiries. At his shoulder is Sillitoe, giving him, evidently, candid answers to his questions and the book is soaringly intelligent and a most enjoyable read --Daily Telegraph
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This is the authorised biography of one of England's greatest living writers, author of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. Written with exclusive access to Sillitoe's personal archive, it includes exciting new material on this most uncompromising of writers, including new revelations on his political beliefs and close friendships with the likes of Ted Hughes. Published to coincide with his 80th birthday year, this is one of the most significant literary biographies to be published in 2008
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Richard Bradford, Professor of English at the University of Ulster, has already written biographies of Philip Larkin and Kingsley Amis, in each case however, when the subject was safely dead. He is now working on a biography surely a bit premature? of Martin Amis, but meanwhile here he is with a long, detailed, thorough, and agreeably sympathetic life of Alan Sillitoe. --The Scotsman
The Life of a Long-Distance Writer shows in penetrating detail, the two worlds of Sillitoe s fiction sometimes distinct, occasionally contending, at times seamlessly conjoined are replicated in his own career. In forging an aesthetic in which they could be brought together, he has also solved a problem with which practically every working-class writer sent south to storm the citadels of literary London has had to contend: how to stay close enough to the things that are worth writing about, while dealing with the consequences of your deracination. --Times Literary Supplement
Richard Bradford, professor of English at the University of Ulster, is making a nice corner in Fifties writers, having already written lives of Philip Larkin and Kingsley Amis. Currently - leaping a generation - he is writing the authorised biography of Martin Amis. Bradford is a skilful analyst. He makes penetrating inquiries. At his shoulder is Sillitoe, giving him, evidently, candid answers to his questions and the book is soaringly intelligent and a most enjoyable read --Daily Telegraph
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This is the authorised biography of one of England's greatest living writers, author of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. Written with exclusive access to Sillitoe's personal archive, it includes exciting new material on this most uncompromising of writers, including new revelations on his political beliefs and close friendships with the likes of Ted Hughes. Published to coincide with his 80th birthday year, this is one of the most significant literary biographies to be published in 2008
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