Like a Fiery Elephant: The Story of B.S. Johnson
Author: Jonathan Coe
In his heyday, during the 1960s and early 1970s, B. S. Johnson was one of the best-known young novelists in Britain. A passionate advocate for the avant-garde in both literature and film, he became famous — not to say notorious — both for his forthright views on the future of the novel and for his idiosyncratic ways of putting them into practice. But in November 1973 Joh….Read More
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