{"product_id":"confessions-a-life-of-failed-promises-paperback","title":"Confessions: A Life of Failed Promises - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA. N. Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen you combine the deepest learning and the highest readability with the most plumptious story-telling, the result is A. N. Wilson ... \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Fry\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Known for his journalism, biographies and novels, A. N. Wilson turns a merciless searchlight on his own early life, his experience of sexual abuse, his catastrophic mistakes in love and his life in Grub Street as a prolific writer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Before he came to London, as one of the \"Best of Young British\" novelists, and Literary Editor of the\u003ci\u003e Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e, we meet another A. N. Wilson. We meet his father, the Managing Director of Wedgwood, the grotesque teachers at his first boarding school, and the dons of Oxford - one of whom, at the age of just 20, he married, the renowned Shakespearean scholar, the late Katherine Duncan-Jones. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At every turn of this reminiscence, Wilson is baffled by his earlier self - whether flirting with unsuitable lovers or with the idea of the priesthood. His chapter on the High Camp seminary which he attended in Oxford is among the funniest in the book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e We follow his unsuccessful attempts to become an academic, his aspirations to be a Man of Letters, and his eventual encounters with the famous, including some memorable meetings with royalty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The princesses, dons, paedophiles and journos who cross the pages are as sharply drawn as figures in his early comic fiction. But there is also a tenderness here, in his evocation of those whom he has loved, and hurt, the most.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. N. Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and holds a prominent position in the world of literature and journalism. He is a prolific and award-winning biographer and celebrated novelist. His novel, \u003ci\u003eWinnie and Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. His last book \u003ci\u003eThe Mystery of Charles Dickens\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2020 to great critical acclaim and is at present being dramatized by Andrew Davies for British television.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765553430816,"sku":"9781472994820","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d95de049e3f17bf55c8a6cb333dc2d86.webp?v=1780273611","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/confessions-a-life-of-failed-promises-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}