Search Results: Authors starting with C from Ivy Court Books

'If Dickens were alive today he would be writing this sort of book'.
The Times

It is no accident that the surname of the narrator recalls the famous telescope, for Palomar is an obsessive observer, capable of turning his alarmingly concentrated focus from the Milky Way to the cheese counter of a local delicatessen.
This story sequence displays yet another aspect of Calvino's mastery of technique. The colloquial shape and deceptive charm disguise a razor-sharp purpose.

'A roaring polemic of outrage against the moral and political crisis of the liberal tradition'. Guardian
'Cohen writes with a genuine passion and human sympathy about people who have experienced appalling suffering'. Evening Standard

(12 pages of fine black & white illustrations)
Vincent Cronin superbly realises his objective in this, probably the finest of all modern biographies of Napoleon. It is generally regarded as the author's masterpiece.