Young Betjeman - Softcover

Hillier, Bevis

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ISBN 10: 0719564883 ISBN 13: 9780719564888

Publisher: John Murray Pubs Ltd, 2003

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Showing a youthful poet quite unlike his later, confident images, Young Betjeman sets the poet among a cast which includes Evelyn Waugh, Nancy Mitford, Harold Acton, W.H. Auden and Anthony Blunt. Betjeman's unique sense of comedy, his years with the Bright Young Things and outrageous stint as a prep school master, his rapid sequence of early loves and occasional vendettas combine to make this an entertaining and enlightening biography.

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About the Author:

Bevis Hillier is also the author of John Betjeman: New Fame, New Love, the compiler of John Betjeman: A Life in Pictures ('a heavenly book' A L Rowse), and the editor of Betjeman's Uncollected Poems. Betjeman himself appointed Hillier as his biographer. Patrick Taylor-Martin wrote: 'It is impossible to imagine the task done by anyone more intelligent, industrious or sympathetic.'

Review:

“Another nicely flowing entry in the big biography stream...” -- Kirkus Reviews

“Sizable first installment of an authorized three-volume biography...” -- Kirkus Reviews

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