{"product_id":"anthony-powell","title":"Anthony Powell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017 in \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday, Observer \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A landmark biography' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of our generation's greatest biographers' \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Witty, spirited, richly crowded with incident and character - a joy to read' \u003ci\u003eProspect\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the prize-winning \u003ci\u003eMatisse The Master\u003c\/i\u003e comes an essential biography of one of 20th century Britain's greatest literary minds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnthony Powell: the literary genius who gave us \u003ci\u003eA Dance to the Music of Time\u003c\/i\u003e, an epic twelve spectacular volume cyle of novels about twentieth century British society. This comic masterpiece teems with idiosyncratic characters, capturing Britain through war and peace in all its eccentricity. And it was inspired by the author's own life immersed in rich social intrigue - debutante balls, penniless muses, publisher feuds, summers on the French Riviera, weekend parties at country houses, and friendships with everyone from Evelyn Waugh to Graham Greene to VS Naipaul...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHilary Spurling brings all this back to vivid life, investigating the friends, relations, lovers and acquaintances, fools and savants who surrounded Anthony Powell, and who he immortalised in his magnificent literary legacy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscover Anthony Powell's \u003ci\u003eA Dance to the Music of Time\u003c\/i\u003e series, available in paperback and e-book from Arrow.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54219678941528,"sku":"9780141030791","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141030791.jpg?v=1764418534","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/anthony-powell","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}