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Newspaper Article
Inside a writer's life
2002
Overview
[SIMON RAVEN] is an author better known for his life than his writings. The author of many novels - including the Alms for Oblivion cycle - plus numerous works of non-fiction and an impressive set of television screenplays retains our curiosity primarily because he was an intellectual Terry-Thomas. What is delightful about Raven's various reminiscences collected in this book is that they are delivered without rancour or squealing. The author was well aware of his weaknesses, and revelled in them at the same time as suffering from acute guilt at his failure to at least act like a gent. The other great distinguishing mark of Raven's prose is the wonderful chasm which opens up between his often exquisitely rendered prose and the scurrilous antics it is harnessed to describe.
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Evening Standard Limited
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