Dickens and Prince - A Particular Kind of Genius

For Nick Hornby, Dickens and Prince are two artists that compare to no others. At the young age of 24, they both had their breakthroughs, Prince with ''1999'' and Dickens with The Pickwick Papers. At 26, Prince released ''Purple Rain'' and Dickens'' Oliver Twist was published, and, by 30, both artists were huge stars.

No one else had such a relentless work ethic and produced such a staggeringly original and enormous body of work. Where did their magic come from? How did they use it? And, in the end, did it kill them?

Tracing their lives, from the early years to their relationships with women, their finances to their inability to stop working, Dickens and Prince is a brilliantly surprising and joyous uncovering of the essence of a very particular and unique type of genius.<>

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A joyful examination of two artists from different centuries and the unlikely parallels in their life and work Guardian

Product details

• Authors: Nick Hornby, Hornby Nick
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.11.2023
• EAN: 9780241996478
• ISBN: 978-0-241-99647-8
• No. of pages: 97
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 196 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, Biography: arts & entertainment, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Biography: writers, Biography: arts and entertainment