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Synopsis
"Who would write who had anything better to do?" queried Lord Byron rhetorically, and in this anthology, Philip Gooden finds hundreds of illuminating anecdotes about writers in support of this pithy remark. The stories tell us about the things writers got up to when not at their typewriters, from how Elizabethan playwright Ben Johnson escaped the gallows after having killed a man, to the first meeting between Anais Nin and Henry Miller.
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About the Authors
Philip Gooden, author of the Elizabethean-set Nick Revill murder mystery series, has had his short stories published in anthologies. He is also editor, most recently, of The Mammoth Book of Literary Anecdotes. He is actively involved with the Crime Writers' Association and contributes to its magazine, Red Herrings. He lives in Bath.
Philip Gooden, author of the Elizabethean-set Nick Revill murder mystery series, has had his short stories published in anthologies. He is also editor, most recently, of The Mammoth Book of Literary Anecdotes. He is actively involved with the Crime Writers' Association and contributes to its magazine, Red Herrings. He lives in Bath.
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- PublisherRobinson
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 1841193046
- ISBN 13 9781841193045
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages512
- EditorGooden Philip
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