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Fame Is The Spur
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'The leading character is a magnificent piece of portraiture and round him revolves a number of brilliantly observed characters. Not for a long time have I enjoyed a book so much' Daily Telegraph.
About the Author
Howard Spring (1889-1965) won worldwide fame with his bestselling novel O Absalom! – afterwards reissued as My Son, My Son to avoid a clash with William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! He settled in Cornwall, the setting for books that followed, such as Fame Is the Spur (1940), Hard Facts (1944), and The Houses in Between (1951).
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. 640 pages. Spine faded and worn, text tanned Fame is the Spur is the story of Hamer Shawcross and of his rise from boyhood in poor circumstances in Manchester to the rank of Cabinet Minister. Arrogant, irresistible, raffish and ambitious, his golden phrases marking him as an orator , you may not wish to like him, but he is real. And so, too, is his wife, Ann, w hose tender and passionate love for Hamer shines out over the whole story. Seller Inventory # 907c
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