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Semi-Invisible Man

The Life of Norman Lewis

Julian Evans author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Pan Macmillan

Published:5th Jun '09

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Norman Lewis was the best not-famous writer of his generation, and a better writer than almost all who were. From the 1950s to the 1990s, he wrote books that have survived better than all but a handful of novels. For twenty years Lewis spied for the British government, raced Bugattis before the war, lived in Ibiza after it, and was a crack shot, flamboyant host, and businessman with Mafia connections. Julian Evans’ portrait is a fascinating personal account of a suburban fugitive and adventurer; a writer of unsurpassed humour, wisdom and compassion for the ridiculous; the Defoe of our times.

'Magnificent . . . meticulous, spirited and colourful . . . a triumph' Jason Webster, New Statesman

'An excellent literary biography about one of the truly outstanding writers of our time . . . Sensitive and perceptive' Patrick Marnham, Daily Mail

ISBN: 9780330427081

Dimensions: 203mm x 127mm x 48mm

Weight: 907g

816 pages