Monthly Archives: January 2019

Estate of Waugh

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

In this week’s New Statesman, lead book reviewer Leo Robson expands his horizons to consider the question of how literary estates have affected literary history. There are four books listed as the subject of the review, but these are barely … Continue reading →

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J D Salinger Centenary Observed

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

Today is the centenary of the birth of US novelist J D Salinger. This is marked in a retrospective article by Martin Chilton in today’s issue of The Independent that opens with this: The Manhattan-born author notoriously went into suburban … Continue reading →

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