Like a Fiery Elephant by Jonathan Coe

Like a Fiery Elephant by Jonathan Coe

In his heyday, during the 1960s and early 1970s, B. S. Johnson was one of the best-known young novelists in Britain. A passionate advocate for the avant-garde in both literature and film, he became famous -- not to say notorious -- both for his forthright views on the future of the novel and for his idiosyncratic ways of putting them into practice. But in November 1973 Johnson's lifelong depression got the better of him, and he was found dead at his north London home. He had taken his own life at the age of forty. Jonathan Coe's biography is based upon unique access to the vast collection of papers Johnson left behind after his death, and upon dozens of interviews with those who knew him best. As unconventional in form as one of its subject's own novels, it paints a remarkable picture -- sometimes hilarious, often overwhelmingly sad -- of a tortured personality; a man whose writing tragically failed to keep at bay the demons that pursued him.

Jonathan Coe was born in Birmingham in 1961. An award-winning novelist, biographer and critic, his novels include What a Carve Up!, The House of Sleep, The Rotters’ Club and The Closed Circle. He lives in London.

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ISBN 13	9780330350495
ISBN 10	0330350498
Title	Like a Fiery Elephant
Author	Jonathan Coe
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pan Macmillan
Year published	2005-06-17
Number of pages	496
Prizes	Winner of BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize 2005 (UK)
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