Circus of Dreams: Adventures in the 1980s Literary World

by John Walsh

Book Overview

Something extraordinary happened to the UK literary scene in the 1980s. In the space of eight years, a generation of young British writers took the literary novel into new realms of setting, subject matter and style, challenging - and almost eclipsing - the Establishment writers of the 1950s. It began with two names - Martin Amis and Ian McEwan - and became a flood: Julian Barnes, William Boyd, Graham Swift, Salman Rushdie, Jeanette Winterson and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147213348X
• ISBN13: 9781472133489
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Constable & Robinson
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"