Cyril Connolly: A Nostalgic Life

by Clive Fisher (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1995

  $6.56

  Cyril Connollly (1903-1974) was a novelist, aesthete, wit, patron of unknown causes. In Kenneth Tynan's words, he was intellectually, a logbook of his generation's voyages and discoveries . This is his biography. Connolly was the author of eight books, including Enemies of Promise and The Unquiet Grave . For half a century he was a reviewer and critic, and the founder and editor of the magazine Horizon . But in his own view he was a failure. This biography accesses Connolly's life and work and establishes the nature of his achievement and legacy.

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  Paperback
  1996

  $3.24

  Cyril Connollly (1903-1974) was a novelist, aesthete, wit, patron of unknown causes. In Kenneth Tynan's words, he was intellectually, a logbook of his generation's voyages and discoveries . This is his biography. Connolly was the author of eight books, including Enemies of Promise and The Unquiet Grave . For half a century he was a reviewer and critic, and the founder and editor of the magazine Horizon . But in his own view he was a failure. This biography accesses Connolly's life and work and establishes the nature of his achievement and legacy.