Peter Owen has Sillitoe biography
Peter Owen is to publish Professor Richard Bradford's authorised biography of Alan Sillitoe. The Life of a Long-Distance Writer (£25, hardback) will be released in September, to coincide with the author's eightieth birthday and with the fortieth anniversary re-publication of his classic Saturday Night and Sunday Morning by HarperCollins. Sillitoe, whose novel A Start in Life was reissued earlier this year by London Books, was recently voted among the top 50 most important English writers in a survey by The Times. |
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24 June 2008 |
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Night & Day by Gerald Kersh
with an introduction by John King
March saw the sad passing of both Richard Widmark and Jules Dassin, lead actor and director respectively of the cult film noir, Night and The City. The groundbreaking novel (which Jules Dassin admittted he never read till after the film was made!) is now re-published by London Books.
One of the greatest of the London lowlife novels, Night And The City is the work of a tough, street-wise character who was also a prolific author, his powers of description matched by his insights into human nature. Gerald Kersh was a familiar face in thirties Soho and then a deserter in the Second World War - post-war he was a writer beloved by peers such as Anthony Burgess but hounded by creditors who tracked him to various abodes in New York State.
One of his few satisfying moments was the sale of the film rights to Night and the City - it was actually filmed twice, once in 1950 with Widmark and again in the 1990s starring Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange. But this fine book doubles as a social document, capturing the colour and excitement of a vanished London. In his new introduction John King, author of The Football Factory conveys the mystique and allure of this seminal British author, whose works will continue to be published by London Books. |
www.dublininspired.ie
01 May 2008
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Fame and Fortune: Alan Sillitoe
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A Start in life
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04/04/08
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28/02/08
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