{"product_id":"fires-which-burned-brightly-1","title":"Fires Which Burned Brightly","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A wise and heartfelt piece of writing' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Witty' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wry and reflective . . . a soulful look at a life in words' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ei PAPER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A wonderful portrait of an age, and of a writer’ \u003cb\u003eRORY STEWART, author of \u003ci\u003ePolitics on the Edge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Utterly fascinating’ \u003cb\u003eDAVID KYNASTON, author of \u003ci\u003eA Northern Wind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'S\u003c\/i\u003ehot through with the kind of depth and detail that can only come from a masterful writer finally turning his pen to his own life. Fresh, wise and finely-wrought'\u003cb\u003e ALICE WINN, author of \u003ci\u003eIn Memoriam\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘As charming and funny in schoolboy episodes as he is thought-provoking in the darker environs of mental health, Sebastian Faulks is always resonant, civilised and sane’ \u003cb\u003eMARK KNOPFLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e***\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFires Which Burned Brightly\u003c\/i\u003e, Faulks, a reluctant memoirist, offers readers a series of detailed snapshots from a life in progress. They include a post-war rural childhood – ‘cold mutton and wet washing on a rack over the range’ – the booze-sodden heyday of Fleet Street and a career as one of the country’s most acclaimed novelists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are not one, but two daring escapes from boarding school; the delirium of a jetlagged American book tour; the writing of \u003ci\u003eBirdsong \u003c\/i\u003ein his brother’s house in 1992; and memorable trips across the channel to France. Politics, psychiatry and frustrated ventures into the world of entertainment are analysed with patience and rueful humour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is driven by a desire ‘to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.’ It ends with a tribute to Faulks’s parents and a sense of how his own generation was shaped by the disruptive power of war and its aftermath.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharply perceptive and alive with a generous wit, \u003ci\u003eFires Which Burned Brightly \u003c\/i\u003eis a work of subtle yet profound intelligence and warmth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR SEBASTIAN FAULKS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Faulks writes with great emotional authority' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A prodigiously talented writer'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Faulks is beyond doubt a master' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The most impressive novelist of his generation' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56408755667288,"sku":"9781804952825","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781804952825_a3f0b57f-88ee-418d-b9c0-26a21a9772b8.jpg?v=1780428624","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/fires-which-burned-brightly-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}