Brian Masters has written a dozen biographies on subjects as varied as Moliere, Marie Corelli, Camus, Dennis Nilsen and Jeffrey Dahmer. He portrays his own life with the honesty of an experienced biographer, describing; his childhood in the bombed-out streets of South London; the years as a protege of one of the first radio stars, Gilbert Harding; hitchhiking across America dressed in a suit and bowler hat; and discovering his sexuality. This book is both an inquiry into the events and forces that formed him and a portrait ...
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Brian Masters has written a dozen biographies on subjects as varied as Moliere, Marie Corelli, Camus, Dennis Nilsen and Jeffrey Dahmer. He portrays his own life with the honesty of an experienced biographer, describing; his childhood in the bombed-out streets of South London; the years as a protege of one of the first radio stars, Gilbert Harding; hitchhiking across America dressed in a suit and bowler hat; and discovering his sexuality. This book is both an inquiry into the events and forces that formed him and a portrait of many friends and acquaintances.
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Physical description; 313 pp. : ports.; 23 cm. Subjects; Masters, Brian. Biographers Great Britain; Biography. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.
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