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A Death of Oneâs Own by Terry Eagleton review â meditations on arriving at a full stop (opens the original)
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The literary critic brings his vast reading to bear on lifeâs most inescapable fact Terry Eagleton is not a fan of sloppy thinking, especially when it comes to the granite fact of death. He particularly doesnât like the attitude of Dylan Thomas who famously urged his ailing father to ânot go gentle into that good nightâ. If the ânightâ â death â is so âgoodâ then why, asks Eagleton reasonably, would Thomas want his dad to dawdle? Shouldnât DJ Thomas, rather, be encouraged t
The Great Dictator by Matthew Sweet review â the fabulous life of Barbara Cartland (opens the original)
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A brilliant new biography that does its subject the favour of taking her seriously â even if few else did Barbara Cartland was famous for dictating her novels. With a pekingese clamped to her hot pink bosom she would lie back on a library couch and exhale a story about virginal girls taming wayward dukes, damaged airmen or misunderstood surgeons. Meanwhile Miss Savory, Mrs Smith or Mrs Morgan, picked for being unfidgety and sneezeless, would take everything down in immaculate Pitman shorthand.
A History of the Novel in Britain by Philip Hensher review â a masterpiece of criticism (opens the original)
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This joyous book takes readers on a literary adventure across 300 years of fiction, from Defoe to Zadie Smith In his opening paragraph, Philip Hensher declares that a novel not only âtells a good storyâ but is a good story in itself. We could extend that neat formula to include this book, which is not only a masterful account of fiction since 1719, when Daniel Defoe set Robinson Crusoe down on his desert island, but is itself a wonderful read. There is nothing dreary here; no sense of being
Upland by Ed Douglas review â a glorious survey of Britainâs high places (opens the original)
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The writer and climber brings colour and carnival to his account of a country and people shaped by its mountains It comes as a shock to learn that Britainâs uplands were not always rocky, covered with coarse grass and suitable only for sheep. About 54,000 years ago â a mere blink in geological time â this islandâs high places were teeming with nature. Lushly forested peaks, crags and gorges were home to megafauna including mammoth, woolly rhinoceros and giant elk. The one sour note in th
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