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Fame Is the Spur - Hardcover

Spring, Howard

 
9781258859886: Fame Is the Spur

Synopsis

This is a new release of the original 1940 edition.

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Review

'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.

'A devastating memorial to the old-time Labour party' Daily Mail.

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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