The Last Englishman by Byron Rogers

The Last Englishman by Byron Rogers

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Summary

Rogers tells the life story of this enigmatic man, from war service on African flying boats to a strange interlude in redneck South Dakota, whose fiction is more thoroughly autobiographical that hitherto realised.

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The Last Englishman by Byron Rogers

This biography of the novelist and publisher J.L. Carr. is a sympathetic, moving and often very funny portrait of a uniquely civic-minded man whose achievements ranged from half a dozen fascinatingly original novels to publishing some of the smallest and most collectable books ever, to a lifetime's career as a humane and iconoclastic Northamptonshire headmaster - but also, and above all, as an anatomy of Englishness. Carr's interests and passions represented much of the best of England, from the game of cricket to the endangered country church, from an unswerving sympathy for the underdog and the underprivileged to a hatred of bigotry and showmanship.
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ISBN 13 9781854109842
ISBN 10 1854109847
Title The Last Englishman
Author Byron Rogers
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Quarto Publishing PLC
Year published 2004-06-24
Number of pages 274
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.