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Jackdaw Cake

An Autobiography

Norman Lewis

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English
Eland
01 May 2013
Norman Lewis recounts the first half of his adventurous life with his dry, infectious, laconic wit. He takes us on a journey that transforms a stammering schoolboy into a worldly-wise multilingual sergeant in the Intelligence Corps on the point of becoming (in Auberon Waugh's words) 'the greatest travel writer alive, if not the greatest since Marco Polo'. We leave him in 1950, just before he started creating that series of superbly crafted, wry but deeply humane travel books: Dragon Apparent, Golden Earth, The Honoured Society and Naples '44.
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Imprint:   Eland
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 215mm,  Width: 135mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   310g
ISBN:   9781906011826
ISBN 10:   1906011826
Pages:   224
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Jackdaw Cake: An Autobiography

'... as a witness to his own times - the good, the bad and the ludicrous - he is unmatched' Sunday Times '... a wonderful read - what a magical storyteller Mr Lewis can be ...' Daily Telegraph 'Mr Lewis is undoubtedly possessed of the quick inner eye that can spot at once the fantastical in the everyday ... this book, hilarious, tender, beautifully written, is certainly one of Normas Lewis's best.' Literary Review


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