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Book SynopsisThe first biography of David Garnett goes beyond stereotype and myth and presents a clear sighted account of this often contradictory figure at the centre of literary London in the era of the Bloomsbury Group.Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for best biography 2016Book of the Year 2015 Sunday TimesBook of the Year 2015 Times Literary SupplementBook of the Year 2015 Evening StandardBook of the Year 2015 New Zealand ListenerShortlisted for the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2015Literary Sensation, Lover, Libertine, Family ManAward-winning novelist and towering figure of the 20th century British literary landscape, David Garnett was a Bloomsbury insider ultimately pushed to the margins. In this, the first biography of Garnett, (known as Bunny), author Sarah Knights who has had unprecedented access to Garnett's papers goes beyond stereotype and myth to present a clear sighted a
Trade ReviewSarah Knights' biography is lucidly written and full of new material.
Bloomsbury's Outsider, A Life of David Garnett, is a most original guide to inner Bloomsbury. I strongly recommend it. -- Michael Holroyd
Impressive biography ... beautifully written and full of surprises. -- Paul Levy
A delight to read ... genial and proportionate. -- Richard Davenport-Hines * Sunday Times *
Sarah Knights has written the book David Garnett deserves. -- David Sexton * Evening Standard *
Thoughtful and carefully researched account. -- Anne Chisholm * The Spectator *
A sympathetic, thorough and witty portrait of a flawed but lovable man. -- Francesca Wade * Daily Telegraph *
Magisterial biography. -- Roger Lewis * Saturday Times *
Excellent biography of David 'Bunny' Garnett...novelist, publisher and long-time Bloomsbury eminence. * Private Eye *
A delightful read...exceedingly well researched * Guardian *
Sarah Knights’s
Bloomsbury's Outsider did full justice to this legendary figure -- D J Taylor * Times Literary Supplement 'Books of the Year' *
It’s really surprising that there hadn’t been any full-length biography of naughty David Garnett before Sarah Knights’s wonderful
Bloomsbury’s Outsider -- Claire Harman * evening Standard 'Books of the Year' *
In between clear, elegant commentary, we get to hear David Garnett telling his own extraordinary tale of a life messily yet often joyfully entwined with Lytton Strachey, Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant et al -- Claire Lowdon * Sunday Times 'finest books' of 2015 *
…even by Bloomsbury standards, ‘Bunny’ Garnett’s ever-unfolding love life was astounding * New Zealand Listener '100 Books of the Year' *
