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A forgotten man : the life and death of John Lodwick / Geoffrey Elliott.
Van Pelt Library PR6023.O324 Z65 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elliott, Geoffrey, 1939- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lodwick, John, 1916-1959.
- Lodwick, John.
- Novelists, English--20th century--Biography.
- Novelists, English.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 248 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : I.B. Tauris, 2017.
- Summary:
- John Lodwick (1916-1959) was one of the great novelists of the early twentieth century. Yet his novels, and indeed his own extraordinary life story, have been virtually lost to the mists of time. Geoffrey Elliott here, for the first time, pieces together Lodwick's eventful life, from his youth in Ireland, to his wartime experiences in the SOE and Special Boat Service, his subsequent literary career and his untimely death in a car crash in Spain at the age of just 43. Initially acclaimed by Somerset Maugham and Anthony Burgess, soon after his death Lodwick's novels fell out of fashion and they have largely remained out-of-print since. Elliott makes the case for a revival in the fortunes of this singular English novelist, in a biography which sheds new light on the early twentieth century literary scene, the surrealist art world and the real-life experiences of World War II.
- Contents:
- 1 The Blood of India 13
- 2 Captain Courageous 23
- 3 Schooldays with Grandpapa 31
- 4 Carry on, Sailor 43
- 5 Dublin's Fair City 51
- 6 Faces in the Rain 59
- 7 'A Marriage has been Arranged' 63
- 8 The Leg and the Legionnaire 71
- 9 One Step Forward, Two Steps Back 83
- 10 Orange Blossoms 91
- 11 Beating the Bookmaker 99
- 12 Highlands and Islands 117
- 13 Killing Them Loudly 125
- 14 Jailhouse Blues 131
- 15 Guerrilla War 137
- 16 South of the Border 147
- 17 Riviera Glimpses 155
- 18 On the Road Again 175
- 19 Reader and Writer 181
- 20 Publish and Be Damned 193
- 21 Scorecard 199
- 22 Death in the Morning 209
- 23 After the Ball 219.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-239) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781784538408
- 178453840X
- OCLC:
- 967973614
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