A Question of Upbringing: A Dance to the Music of Time 01

A Question of Upbringing: A Dance to the Music of Time 01

by Anthony Powell (Author)

Synopsis

The opening novel in Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve-novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Arrow
Published: 06 Jan 2005

ISBN 10: 0099472384
ISBN 13: 9780099472384
Book Overview: The opening novel in Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve-novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time

Media Reviews
Incalculably brilliant * Time Magazine *
I think it is now becoming clear that A Dance to the Music of Time is going to become the greatest modern novel since Ulysses -- Clive James
I would rather read Mr Powell than any English novelist now writing -- Kingsley Amis
Author Bio
Anthony Powell was born in 1905. After working in publishing and as a scriptwriter, he began to write for the Daily Telegraph in the mid-1930s. He served in the army during World War II and subsequently became the fiction reviewer on the TLS. Next came five years as literary editor of Punch. He was appointed a Companion of Honour in 1988. In addition to the twelve-novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time, Anthony Powell was the author of seven other novels, and four volumes of memoirs, To Keep the Ball Rolling. He died in March 2000. Discover the extraordinary life of Anthony Powell - captured by acclaimed biographer Hilary Spurling in Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time - available now in hardback and ebook from Hamish Hamilton.