Gordon Bowker, "Pursued by Furies: A Life of Malcolm Lowry"
Gordon Bowker, "Pursued by Furies: A Life of Malcolm Lowry"
1997 | ISBN: 0312127480/0312163568 | English | PDF | 720 pages | 52.3 MB
1997 | ISBN: 0312127480/0312163568 | English | PDF | 720 pages | 52.3 MB
Malcolm Lowry was a ferocious malcontent, freewheeling to self-destruction with the help of mescal, cooking sherry, even bottles of skin bracer … Rarely has a writer so elaborated his own legend as did Lowry. He was mythogenic; not only could he make the wildest nonsense about himself credible, but encouraged others to add to it. This makes him a murderous subject for a biography …
Gordon Bowker is a trustworthy guide. Fabulously methodical in his research, he has traced various members of the Lowry family as well as the writer's first wife. Pursued by Furies is a gigantic tome, but Bowker writes well and keeps the pages turning. This is probably the last word on Lowry and a handsome achievement … a fine, intelligent biography.' Ian Thomson, Guardian
'Intelligent and painstaking … Pursued by Furies is a cool, thorough and not uncritical appraisal of a dreadful life and is not likely to be superseded.' Ian Hamilton, Sunday Telegraph
'Gripping and thoroughly engaged … Lowry's biography won't have to be done again.' Martin Amis, Independent on Sunday
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