The New Confessions [electronic resource]
William Boyd2013
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'Brilliant. A Citizen Kane of a novel' Daily Telegraph
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Meet John James Todd:
Scotsman, auteur, Rousseau-fanatic - and 'subversive element'
Born in 1899, John James Todd is one of the great, failed geniuses of the last
century. His reminiscences, collected in The New Confessions, take us from
Edinburgh to the Western Front, the Berlin film-world in the Twenties to
Hollywood in the Thirties, Forties and beyond.
Suffering imprisonment, shooting, marriage, fatherhood, divorce and McCarthyism,
Todd is a hostage to good fortune, ill-judgement, bad luck, the vast sweep of
history and the cruel, cruel hand of fate . . .
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'A magnificent feat of storytelling and panoramic reconstruction' Observer
'Paced and plotted with sinewy, unfailing skill . . . Boyd has given us a work
of rich, ripe and immensely enjoyable entertainment' Sunday Times
'Simply the best realistic storyteller of his generation' Ind...
Main title:
The New Confessions [electronic resource] / William Boyd
Author:
William Boyd, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Penguin, 2013
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (592 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780241970393
Language:
English
BRN:
437680
Electronic access:
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |