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CONTENTS BRENDAMADDOX'Sbiography of Rosalind Franklin will be published in June by HarperCollins. I ROY PORTERis Professor of the Social History of Medicine at the Wellcome Institute, London. KATHRYNHUGHESis currently writing a biography of Mrs Beeton f for Fourth Estate. Her attempts to serve Mock-turtle soup, followed by Boiled Tongue, to her fiiends have gone down particularly well. ADAMSISMAN'Sacclaimed Boswell's Presumptuous Task has just been published in paperback by Penguin. PAULJOHNSONis the author of A History ofthe American People. WENDYHOLDENhas written three top-ten bestsellers (the latest being comedy-of-country manors, Pastures Nouveaux). Despite this, the most spectacular piece of jewellery she owns is a fake ruby collar with several stones missing. CATHERINEPETERShas written biographies of Thackeray and Wilkie Collins, and, most recently, short lives of Dickens and Byron. THOMASHODGKINSONisin Rome writing the find chapters of ~ L Sfirst novel. He will not say what it is about, but it is sure to be very good. JOHNMURRAYhas almost finished his sixth novel,Jazz ee. (sic), which i s about modem jazz, aad jazz, genius, Portugal, Cumbria and Wo r d . TIMHEALD'SA Peerage for Trade: A History o f the Royal Warrant will be published next month. RACHELHORE,until recently, was a Senior Editorial Director at HarperCollins Publishers. PULPIT 1 BRYANAPPLEYARD MEN WOMEN 4 DANIELJOHNSONSpeer Joachim Fest 6 GEORGE WALDEN~ l a u b e r t :A L i f e Geoffrey Wall 7 BRENDAMADDOXGenes, Gir l s and G a m o w J D Watson 8 CHRISTOPHERBRAYBaby, I Don' t Care Lee Server McQueen Christopher Sandford Brando Patricia Bosworth 10 THOMASHODGKINSONThree Queer L i v e s Paul Bailey 12 CLAUDIAFITZHERBERTTh e Mitford Gir l s Mary S Love11 14 KATIEHICKMANJosephine But l e r Jane Jordan 15 JESSICAM ANNGood W i v e s ? Margaret Forster 16 CATHERINEPETERSW o m e n A l o n e : Spinsters i n England 1 6 6 0 - 1 8 5 0 Bridget Hill WAR 17 S IMONHEFFERRedcoat: T h e Br i t i s h Soldier i n t h e A g e of - - Horse and Mu s k e t Richard Holmes 19 PAULJOHNSONT h e American R e v o l u t i o n : A People's His t o r y Ray Raphael A F ew B l oody Noses: T h e American W a r of Independence Robe r t Harvey 20 RICHARDOVERYW a r i n I t a l y Field Marshal Lord Carver 22 DONALDCAMERONWATT Churchill's W a r , V o l u m e I I : T r i u m p h i n Ad v e r s i t y David Irving PLEASURES OF LIFE 24 ROYPORTERT h e Pursuit of Ob l i v i o n : A Global H i s t o r y o f Narcotics 1 5 0 0 - 2 0 0 0 Richard Davenport-Hines 25 KATHRYNHUGHESFood: A His t o r y Felipe Fernindez- Armesto Food Mania Nigel Garwood and Rainer Voigt Larousse Gastronomique 26 EMMAPARKER-BOWLESBack Fire: A Passion f o r Cars and Motoring Alan Clark 27 MARCUSBERKMANNTin t i n : T h e Comple t e Companion Michael Farr BELLES LETTRES 29 PETERWASHINGTONTh e Selected Letters of Tennessee W i l l i a m s , V o l u m e I 1 9 2 0 - 1 9 4 5 (Edd) Albert J Devlin and Nancy Tischler 30 ALLANMASSIEFurther Requirements Philip Larkin 31 ADAMSISMANBoswell's Edinburgh Journals 1 7 6 7 - 1 7 8 6 (Ed) Hugh M Milne 32 SEBASTIANSHAKESPEARELetters f r om England Karel Capek 34 ANDREWLYCETTT h e Ly t t e l t on Hart-Davis Letters 1 9 5 5 1 9 6 2 : A Selection (Ed) Roger Hudson Editor: NANCYSLADEK Editorial Assistant: ROWANTOMLINSON General Assistant: CHARLIECAMPBELL Contributing Editor: SEBASTIANSHAKESPEARE Business G.Advertising Manager: ROBERTPOSNER Classijed Sales: CHARLIECAMPBELL Founding Editor. DR ANNESMITH Founding Father: AUBERONWAUGH Cover illustration by Chris Riddell Issue no. 2 8 0 LITERARY REVIEW October 2001
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OCTOBER 200 1 INT ERVIEW 35 SARA WHEELER M EETS N O RMAN LE WIS FOREIGN PART S l l lST ORY GENERAL FICTION AUDIOBOOK CRIME LETTER S SILENCED VOICES POETRY COMPETITION &RESULTS lR SUBSCRIPTION FORM 38 39 40 41 j ONATHAN KEATES Tri es te and th e M ea ning of Nowhere J an M orris j EREMY L EW IS A H ou se in Corfrr Emma Tenn a nt RI C HARD G OTT Crrba: Th e Pursuit of Freedont H u g h Thoma s CHRISTOPHER. 0NDAATJE Blu e N il e: Et/riopia's Riv er of Magic and My stery Virginia M ore ll 43 44 45 J O HN ADAM SON Tire Mar /boroughs: John and Sa rail Churcirill, 1650-1 7 44 Christopher Hibb e rt AL AN PALM ER apoleon Bonaparte : Eng land's Pri soner Fr a nk G il es Th e Man wiro Brok e Napoleon's Codes: Th e Story of Ceorge S cove /1 M a rk Urban P ETE R J ONES Th e Extraordinary Voyage of Pytir eas rh e Creek: Tir e Man Who Discove red Britain Barry Cunl iffe 47 48 49 G EORD IE GR.EIG Sea Room: Life on One Man's Scottish Islands Adam N i co lso n A C GRAYLI NG Th e Work of Nfo1<rning Jacques Derr i da J ONAT HA N M l R KY Fire Sebasti a n J un ge r 50 51 52 53 53 54 55 56 56 SEB AST IAN SHAKESPEA IU TALKS TOW G S EBALD J OHN MURRAY Austerlitz W G Seba l d MARTYN BEDFORD Atonernent ] a n M cEwan PATR IC IA DUN CKER. Tir e Srone Carvers J a ne Urquh a rt FR ANC IS K ING if th e I nvad er Comes Dere k B eave n WENDY H OL DE N Th e Bulgar i Corrnection Fay W e l don CHAR.LIE CAMPBELL A/ice in Ex il e Piers Pa ul Re a d TIM H EA LD l r-nage in th e Wat er Dougl as Hurd RA C HEL H o ru Oue- H it Wond er Li sa Jewe ll 57 58 59 60 S USAN CROSLAND PHILIP 0AK ES S IOB HAN D owD 61 28 RI CHARD OVER Y i s Professo r of M o d e rn Histo ry at Kin g's College Lo ndon. His Interroga ti ons: 17t e Naz i Elite in Allied Han ds, 1945 was publish ed last month by Ali en Lan e. AL AN P ALMER is the a uth o r of Napoleo n in R11ssia and , most rece ntl y , Napo leon and Marie L o11 ise (Cons table). SAI<A WHEELER's biography of Apsley Cherry-Garrard, au t ho r of th e po lar classic The Worst j o11nrey i11 the World, w ill be publish ed next month. PETER WASHINGTON is the General Editor o f E very man 's Library. J OHN ADAMSON i s a Fellow of Pe te rh o use, Ca mbrid ge. GEORD IE G rtE IG, formerly Literary Editor of Th e S11nday Times, is Editor of Tat/er. Lik e the aut hor of th e boo k h e is reviewing, h e too owns a sli ce of Sco tl and. SIMON H EFFER is conti nuin g th e srm ggle to find another book to wtite. D ONALD CAMERON W ATT i s Professo r Em e ritu s o f Inte rnati ona l Hi sto ry a t the Londo n Sc h oo l of Economics a nd a F e ll ow of th e Briti s h A cademy. H e wo n the Wolfson Pri ze for hi s book on th e o ri g in s of th e Second W o rld War, How vVar Came, whi ch h as recently been published in pap e rba c k b y Pimli co. H e still lik es cats. KATIE H ICKMAN, auth o r of Dat(~hters cif Britmmia, is curren tl y worki ng on her new book, Co11rtesa l/s. j ONATHAN M IRSKY h e roi ca l ly rev iews any book offe re d to him by Literary Review. CLAUDIA fi TZ H ERJ3E 1. T I S st ill thinking about the suffra ge t tes . The Literary R eview, i11 corpora ting Quarto, is published momhly from: 44 Lexingto r1 Streer, Lot~do tl W1 F OLW Tel: 020 743 7 9392 Fax: 020 7734 1844 ISSN 0144 4360 ©A ll su bscriptio11 enquiries and changes of address to: Literary Review Srtbscriptio11s, FREEPOST LON 17199 Lo11don SW20 8BR Tel: 020 8545 2755 Fax: 020 85 45 2756. UK Sttbscription Rate £3 0, Europe £3 6, res t i f th e world air mail only £50 (US 84) USA Airspeed subscript ion price is £36 (US 60) for per arrnttm. Periodical pre-paid at Champlairr NY (US PS 004218). A ll advertisirtg e11quiries to: Robert Pos11 er, Literary R eview, 44 Lexington Street, Lo11don W1 F OLW Tel: 020 7437 9392 Printed by Si111pson Drewett & Co Ltd, 70 Sheen Road, Richrnond, Srrrrey TW9 1UF Tel: 020 8940 7441 Fax : 020 8948 8749 Distributed to newsagmts worldwide by CONiAC Specialist, Tavistock Works, Tavistock Rd, West Drayton, Middlesex, UB7 7QX Tel : 01895 433 800 Dist ributed to bookshops by Central Books, 99 Wallis Road, Lo11don E9 Tel: 020 8986 4854 email: li trev@dircon . co.uk LITERARY REVIEW O ctob e r 2001

OCTOBER 200 1

INT ERVIEW

35

SARA WHEELER M EETS N O RMAN LE WIS

FOREIGN PART S

l l lST ORY

GENERAL

FICTION

AUDIOBOOK CRIME LETTER S SILENCED VOICES

POETRY COMPETITION &RESULTS lR SUBSCRIPTION FORM

38

39 40

41

j ONATHAN KEATES Tri es te and th e M ea ning of Nowhere J an M orris j EREMY L EW IS A H ou se in Corfrr Emma Tenn a nt RI C HARD G OTT Crrba: Th e Pursuit of Freedont H u g h Thoma s CHRISTOPHER. 0NDAATJE Blu e N il e: Et/riopia's Riv er of Magic and My stery Virginia M ore ll

43

44

45

J O HN ADAM SON Tire Mar /boroughs: John and Sa rail Churcirill, 1650-1 7 44 Christopher Hibb e rt AL AN PALM ER apoleon Bonaparte : Eng land's Pri soner Fr a nk G il es Th e Man wiro Brok e Napoleon's Codes: Th e Story of Ceorge S cove /1 M a rk Urban P ETE R J ONES Th e Extraordinary Voyage of Pytir eas rh e Creek: Tir e Man Who Discove red Britain Barry Cunl iffe

47

48 49

G EORD IE GR.EIG Sea Room: Life on One Man's Scottish Islands Adam N i co lso n A C GRAYLI NG Th e Work of Nfo1

50 51 52 53 53 54 55 56 56

SEB AST IAN SHAKESPEA IU TALKS TOW G S EBALD J OHN MURRAY Austerlitz W G Seba l d MARTYN BEDFORD Atonernent ] a n M cEwan PATR IC IA DUN CKER. Tir e Srone Carvers J a ne Urquh a rt FR ANC IS K ING if th e I nvad er Comes Dere k B eave n WENDY H OL DE N Th e Bulgar i Corrnection Fay W e l don CHAR.LIE CAMPBELL A/ice in Ex il e Piers Pa ul Re a d TIM H EA LD l r-nage in th e Wat er Dougl as Hurd RA C HEL H o ru Oue- H it Wond er Li sa Jewe ll

57 58 59 60

S USAN CROSLAND PHILIP 0AK ES

S IOB HAN D owD

61

28

RI CHARD OVER Y i s Professo r of M o d e rn Histo ry at Kin g's College Lo ndon. His Interroga ti ons: 17t e Naz i Elite in Allied Han ds, 1945 was publish ed last month by Ali en Lan e.

AL AN P ALMER is the a uth o r of Napoleo n in R11ssia and , most rece ntl y , Napo leon and Marie L o11 ise (Cons table).

SAI

PETER WASHINGTON is the General Editor o f E very man 's Library.

J OHN ADAMSON i s a Fellow of Pe te rh o use, Ca mbrid ge.

GEORD IE G rtE IG, formerly Literary Editor of Th e S11nday Times, is Editor of Tat/er. Lik e the aut hor of th e boo k h e is reviewing, h e too owns a sli ce of Sco tl and.

SIMON H EFFER is conti nuin g th e srm ggle to find another book to wtite.

D ONALD CAMERON W ATT i s Professo r Em e ritu s o f Inte rnati ona l Hi sto ry a t the Londo n Sc h oo l of Economics a nd a F e ll ow of th e Briti s h A cademy. H e wo n the Wolfson Pri ze for hi s book on th e o ri g in s of th e Second W o rld War, How vVar Came, whi ch h as recently been published in pap e rba c k b y Pimli co. H e still lik es cats.

KATIE H ICKMAN, auth o r of Dat(~hters cif Britmmia, is curren tl y worki ng on her new book, Co11rtesa l/s.

j ONATHAN M IRSKY h e roi ca l ly rev iews any book offe re d to him by Literary Review.

CLAUDIA fi TZ H ERJ3E 1. T I S st ill thinking about the suffra ge t tes .

The Literary R eview, i11 corpora ting Quarto, is published momhly from: 44 Lexingto r1 Streer, Lot~do tl W1 F OLW Tel: 020 743 7 9392

Fax: 020 7734 1844 ISSN 0144 4360 ©A ll su bscriptio11 enquiries and changes of address to:

Literary Review Srtbscriptio11s, FREEPOST LON 17199 Lo11don SW20 8BR Tel: 020 8545 2755 Fax: 020 85 45 2756.

UK Sttbscription Rate £3 0, Europe £3 6, res t i f th e world air mail only £50 (US 84)

USA Airspeed subscript ion price is £36 (US 60) for per arrnttm. Periodical pre-paid at Champlairr NY (US PS 004218). A ll advertisirtg e11quiries to: Robert Pos11 er, Literary R eview, 44 Lexington Street, Lo11don W1 F OLW Tel: 020 7437 9392 Printed by Si111pson Drewett & Co Ltd, 70 Sheen Road, Richrnond, Srrrrey TW9 1UF Tel: 020 8940 7441 Fax : 020 8948 8749 Distributed to newsagmts worldwide by CONiAC Specialist, Tavistock Works, Tavistock Rd, West Drayton, Middlesex, UB7 7QX Tel : 01895 433 800

Dist ributed to bookshops by Central Books, 99 Wallis Road, Lo11don E9 Tel: 020 8986 4854

email: li trev@dircon . co.uk

LITERARY REVIEW O ctob e r 2001

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