Molly Keane
A Life
$32.09
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
30 January 2018
Summary
Molly Keane (1904-1996) was an Irish novelist and playwright, born in County Kildare. She is most famous for Good Behaviour, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Hailed as the Irish Nancy Mitford in her day, she was also a leading playwright in the 1930s, with her work directed by John Gielgud.
Between 1928 and 1956, she wrote eleven novels and some of her earlier plays under the pseudonym M.J. Farrell. In 1981, at the age of seven…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349007540 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349007543 |
| Author: | Sally Phipps |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 30 January 2018 |
| Weight: | 254g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 129mm x 24mm |
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Beautifully written … this sparking biography serves her memory and achievement fairly, fondly, and as one suspects, truthfully
A vivid and sensitive portrait of Anglo-Irish society … finely attuned to the complexities of her mother’s character, and captures the mix of “courage, glamour and fantasy” that sustained her class. This biography lays down new critical avenues for reappraising Molly Keane’s considerable oeuvre - Irish Times
Sally Phipps has written an intimate, affectionate life … a fascinating book that really needed to be written, and it fills a big gap. Not enough is known about the Anglo-Irish in the twentieth century. Let’s hope it leads to a Molly Keane revival - SpectatorSally Phipps almost pulls off the impossible: she light-footedly brings Molly Keane back to life, and makes one grateful for the illusion of having met her - ObserverAn arrestingly graceful, truthful and compassionate portrait - Times Literary SupplementAbout The Author
Sally Phipps
Sally Phipps is Molly Keane’s daughter.
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