{"product_id":"bloomsburys-outsider-9781448215454","title":"Bloomsburys Outsider","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for best biography 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook of the Year 2015 \u003ci\u003eSunday \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Year 2015 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Year 2015 \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook of the Year 2015 \u003ci\u003eNew Zealand Listener\u003c\/i\u003eShortlisted for the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2015\u003cu\u003eLiterary Sensation, Lover, Libertine, Family Man\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAward-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSarah Knights' biography is lucidly written and full of new material.  \u003ci\u003eBloomsbury's Outsider, A Life of David Garnett\u003c\/i\u003e, is a most original guide to inner Bloomsbury.  I strongly recommend it. -- Michael Holroyd\u003cbr\u003eImpressive biography ... beautifully written and full of surprises. -- Paul Levy\u003cbr\u003eA delight to read ... genial and proportionate. -- Richard Davenport-Hines * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eSarah Knights has written the book David Garnett deserves. -- David Sexton * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eThoughtful and carefully researched account. -- Anne Chisholm * The Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eA sympathetic, thorough and witty portrait of a flawed but lovable man. -- Francesca Wade * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eMagisterial biography. -- Roger Lewis * Saturday Times *\u003cbr\u003eExcellent biography of David 'Bunny' Garnett...novelist, publisher and long-time Bloomsbury eminence. * Private Eye *\u003cbr\u003eA delightful read...exceedingly well researched * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eSarah Knights’s \u003ci\u003eBloomsbury's Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e did full justice to this legendary figure -- D J Taylor * Times Literary Supplement 'Books of the Year' *\u003cbr\u003eIt’s really surprising that there hadn’t been any full-length biography of naughty David Garnett before Sarah Knights’s wonderful \u003ci\u003eBloomsbury’s Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e -- Claire Harman * evening Standard 'Books of the Year' *\u003cbr\u003eIn 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 *\u003cbr\u003e…even by Bloomsbury standards, ‘Bunny’ Garnett’s ever-unfolding love life was astounding * New Zealand Listener '100 Books of the Year' *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863278911831,"sku":"9781448215454","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781448215454.jpg?v=1759920152","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bloomsburys-outsider-9781448215454","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}