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This biography of Barbara Comyns presents a twentieth-century author whose life was as extraordinary as her novels. Hundreds of unpublished letters reveal an occasionally desperate but resourceful and witty woman whose complicated life ranged from enduring poverty when young to mixing with spivs, spies and high society. -- .

Barbara Comyns

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 1/19/2024
      ISBN13: 9781526173744, 978-1526173744
      ISBN10: 1526173743

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      Book Synopsis
      This biography of Barbara Comyns presents a twentieth-century author whose life was as extraordinary as her novels. Hundreds of unpublished letters reveal an occasionally desperate but resourceful and witty woman whose complicated life ranged from enduring poverty when young to mixing with spivs, spies and high society. -- .

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