The secret lives of words
Main Author: | West, Paul, 1930- |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Harcourt,
2000.
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Physical Description: |
296 p. |
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ISBN: |
0151004668 |
Author Notes: |
He wrote numerous novels including Alley Jaggers, Bela Lugosi's White Christmas, Tenement of Clay, The Rat Man of Paris, Terrestrials, Lord Byron's Doctor, Sporting with Amaryllis, The Women of Whitechapel and Jack the Ripper, Love's Mansion, Red in Tooth and Claw, The Ice Lens, and The Invisible Riviera. He also wrote several memoirs including Words for a Deaf Daughter, Out of My Depths: A Swimmer in the Universe, A Stroke of Genius: Illness and Self-Discovery, My Mother's Music, My Father's War, The Shadow Factory, and Oxford Days. He died from pneumonia on October 18, 2015 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) |