465 numbered pages; a lot of underlining and notations in text; minor tan to text; several minor marks/ smudges to edges of closed pages; light shelf wear to cover; light to medium wear to corners and edges of dustjacket; irregular tear to top of spine of dj; minor rub to dj; old price on dj; sticker residue on dj; several minor scratches/ minor dings to dj; weighs 2 pounds; measures 9.4 by 6.3 by 1.4 inches; 021123; During the 1970s and the early 1980s Peter Ackroyd wrote countless book reviews and articles for the Spectator, on literature, film and a number of social and cultural issues. The collection offers a selection of these incisive and entertaining pieces, which established Ackroyd's reputation as a writer.

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Title

Peter Ackroyd: The Collection: Journalism, Reviews, Essays, Short Stories, Lectures

Publisher

Random House UK

Publication Date

2001

Language

English

ISBN 10

0701173009

ISBN 13

9780701173005

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Fair

Dust Jacket Condition

Fair

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During the 1970s and the early 1980s Peter Ackroyd wrote countless book reviews and articles for the Spectator, on literature, film and a number of social and cultural issues. The collection offers a selection of these incisive and entertaining pieces, which established Ackroyd's reputation as a writer. It also includes a selection of his reviews as chief book reviewer for the Times, as well as three of his short stories.

About the Author

Peter Ackroyd’s masterpiece London: The Biography was published in 2000 to critical acclaim and commercial
success. An award-winning biographer and a novelist, he has won a Somerset Maugham Award, the Guardian Fiction Prize and the Whitbread Prize for Biography. Thomas Wright edited Table Talk Oscar Wilde, the first English anthology of Oscar Wilde’s spoken stories. He was Peter Ackroyd’s researcher on a number of his recent projects.

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