A Bit off the Map and Other Stories

Informationen zum Autor One of Britain's most distinguished novelists Sir Angus Wilson was born in 1913. Educated at Westminster and Merton College, Oxford he joined the British Museum as a cataloguer before being called for service in 1941. His literary career began with a collection of short-stories published in 1949. These were followed by other short-story collections, novels and plays. Co-founder with Malcolm Bradbury of the MA programme in creative writing at the University of East Anglia, Wilson was appointed professor in 1967. Chair of many literary panels, including the Booker prize, and campaigner for homosexual equality he was knighted in 1980. He died in 1991. Klappentext A collection of stories that charts the scandals and secrets of the respectable middle classes. Zusammenfassung A collection of stories that charts the scandals and secrets of the respectable middle classes.

Product details

• Authors: Angus Wilson
• Assisted by: Angu Wilson (Editor), Angus Wilson (Editor)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.01.2009
• EAN: 9780571248490
• ISBN: 978-0-571-24849-0
• No. of pages: 174
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Main work before 1945; FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Classics, Short Stories, Classic fiction: general and literary, Class; Faber Finds; Kitchen Sink; Scandal; Society