“Lies,’ wrote Muriel Spark by way of overture to her autobiography, Curriculum Vitae, “are like fleas hopping from here to there, sucking the blood of the intellect.” The truth, as Muriel was at pains to point out, was “often more interesting than the false story”.
I was thinking I'd read it, but you saved me the trouble. I ran out of steam with the Martin Stannard biography half way though. See also 'Stannard’s prose is to literature what the Eurovision Song Contest is to music...' Lol.
I was thinking I'd read it, but you saved me the trouble. I ran out of steam with the Martin Stannard biography half way though. See also 'Stannard’s prose is to literature what the Eurovision Song Contest is to music...' Lol.
Thank you so much - we seem to accommodate so little attention to detail these days. I'll swerve that book.
I wasn't too enamoured of the reviews.. a huge thank you for your much more perceptive analysis above.
That’Twin Menace’ anagram malarkey should have seen Ms Wilson getting her jotters.