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Sebastian Faulks

Fires Which Burned Brightly : A Life in Progress Hardback Book

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At a Glance
Renowned author Sebastian Faulks
Gripping biographical non-fiction
Hardback collectible edition
Immersive 352-page narrative
Insights into brilliant minds
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A wise and heartfelt piece of writing THE TIMESWitty INDEPENDENTWry and reflective . . . a soulful look at a life in words i PAPERA wonderful portrait of an age, and of a writer RORY STEWART, author of Politics on the EdgeUtterly fascinating DAVID KYNASTON, author of A Northern WindShot through with the kind of depth and detail that can only come from a masterful writer finally turning his pen to his own life. Fresh, wise and finelywrought ALICE WINN, author of In Memoriam As charming and funny in schoolboy episodes as he is thoughtprovoking in the darker environs of mental health, Sebastian Faulks is always resonant, civilised and sane MARK KNOPFLER In Fires Which Burned Brightly, Faulks, a reluctant memoirist, offers readers a series of detailed snapshots from a life in progress. They include a postwar rural childhood cold mutton and wet washing on a rack over the range the boozesodden heyday of Fleet Street and a career as one of the countrys most acclaimed novelists. There are not one, but two daring escapes from boarding school the delirium of a jetlagged American book tour the writing of Birdsong in his brothers house in 1992 and memorable trips across the channel to France. Politics, psychiatry and frustrated ventures into the world of entertainment are analysed with patience and rueful humour. The book is driven by a desire to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. It ends with a tribute to Faulkss parents and a sense of how his own...

SKU: M9781529154658
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Binding: Hardback;400 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: BM; Weight: 580 g; Dimensions: 144 x 225 x 33

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