Barbara Comyns : a savage innocence
Horner, Avril, 1947-2024
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This biography of Barbara Comyns presents a twentieth-century author whose life was as extraordinary as her novels. Hundreds of unpublished letters reveal an occasionally desperate but resourceful and witty woman whose complicated life ranged from enduring poverty when young to mixing with spivs, spies and high society.
Main title:
Barbara Comyns : a savage innocence / Avril Horner.
Author:
Horner, Avril, 1947-, author
Imprint:
Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2024.
Collation:
372 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781526173744 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.914
Language:
English
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BRN:
2437268
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