The Selected Works of Cyril Connolly: The Two Natures, Volume Two

Connolly, Cyril (Author); Connolly, Matthew (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0330486004 / ISBN 13: 9780330486002

Published by Picador, London, 2002

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First edition, first printing hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Jacket edges are creased and nicked. Board spine ends are slightly bumped. Boards are clean, binding is sound and pages are clear. LW.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Selected Works of Cyril Connolly: The Two Natures, Volume Two
• Publisher: Picador, London
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0330486004
• ISBN 13: 9780330486002
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature

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Synopsis

This, the second and concluding volume of Cyril Connollys selected writings, spotlights the autobiographical side of his output. It includes his classic work The Unquiet Grave (written under the pseudonym Palinurus), and also contains short stories such as The Downfall of Jonathan Edax and his hilarious parody of Ian Fleming, Bond Strikes Camp.

About the Author

Born in 1903, Cyril Connolly was educated at Eton and Oxford. His novel "The Rock Pool" was published in 1936; and two later books, "Enemies of Promise" (advice on how to avoid the pitfalls that await the would-be writer, published in 1938) and "The Unquiet Grave" (1944) are renowned as classics of English prose. As editor of the literary magazine "Horizon" from 1939 to 1950 Connolly nurtured some of the finest writers of his time. He also worked as a critic for the New Statesman, the Observer and the Sunday Times. Cyril Connolly died in 1974.