Brian Moore: A Biography - Hardcover

Craig, Patricia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0747560048 ISBN 13: 9780747560043

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2002

Synopsis

'The only wise prediction to make about a new Brian Moore novel is that it will be unpredictable and wise,' wrote Christopher Ricks reviewing BLACK ROBE, one of the 20 magnificent novels which put Brian Moore into the first rank of world writers. Northern Ireland may have shaped him, as he grew up one of nine children in a Catholic doctor's Belfast household, but World War II took him to Africa and war-ravaged Europe, and Canada freed him to become a writer. London took the chance in 1955 and published THE LONELY PASSION OF JUDITH HEARNE, the first of many novels which lead steadily to international critical acclaim. The United States became his home, though he was no more likely to be pigeon-holed by a single country than to write the same novel under a different guise. He was a writer's writer, baffling contemporaries with how he pulled off his literary feats and yet also a highly accessible novelist everyone could read - one who could wield a marvellous plot, create characters - male, and perhaps especially female - who would burst into life and who could kindle atmospheres of haunting tension, historical vividness or metaphysical mystery. Patricia Craig, who began this fascinating authorised biography with the help and blessing of Brian Moore himself, and his wife Jean, impeccably pieces together the colourful and peripatetic life that lay behind the novels. She also reveals the droll, romantic, cant-hating, affable and brilliant man who so disarmingly enhanced 20th century letters.

About this title

Review:

"The strength of Patricia Craig's biography lies in its insights into both the man and his work." -- The Oldie, January 2003

About the Author:

Patricia Craig is an acclaimed anthologist and critic, whose works include the Oxford Books of DETECTIVE STORIES, MODERN WOMEN'S STORIES, TRAVEL STORIES and IRELAND; THE BELFAST ANTHOLOGY; ELIZABETH BOWEN (in the Penguin "Lives of Modern Women" Series); and (with Mary Cadogan), YOU'RE A BRICK, ANGELA! A NEW LOOK AT GIRLS' FICTION 1839-1975. A regular contributor to the TLS and INDEPENDENT, she was born in Belfast, lived in London for many years, and now lives in Co. Antrim, N. Ireland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0747560048
• ISBN 13: 9780747560043
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320