William Plomer: A Biography

by Peter F. Alexander

Book Overview

William Plomer (1903-73) was a novelist and literary figure of reputation, author of the powerful novel of miscegenation Turbott Wolfe, founder of the magazine Voorslag, principal reader for the Publisher Jonathan Cape, and a homosexual. Here, Alexander paints a fascinating portrait of this man, from his beginnings in turn-of-the-century South Africa to his rise to literary and publishing prominence in England in the 1930s and 40s. Dealing frankly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192122436
• ISBN13: 9780192122438
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.8" x 8.8"