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Book Synopsis* First general biography in UK for twenty years of one of the defining writers of the 20th century - Franz Kafka.
Trade ReviewFormidably cogent and clear-eyed * William Boyd *
[An] admirable and conscientious biography. * LITERARY REVIEW *
Nicholas Murray's KAFKA restores the great writer to the human world, not just of relationships, but of actual societies, thus delivering his masterpieces from appropriation by theological and philosophical exegetes. * TLS *
Nicholas Murray does what all decent biographers should do: leaves the reader hungry to fo back to the haunting and permanently elusive work that makes the unhappy life so extraordinary. * SUNDAY TIMES *
Kafka's writing didn't meet his inner demands for perfection...But when Murray quotes from him, you want to rush off and read more instantly. This makes KAFKA the best kind of literary biography. * INDEPENDENT *
