Time to Be in Earnest

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P.D. James

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'Fascinating reminiscences of her past.A wonderfully vivid evocation of a lower-middle-class childhood of oil lamps and gas mantles, water heated up in a coke boiler for the weekly bath, liberty bodices, prickly combinations, a father severely remote from his three children, and a long-suffering mother.The book contains a number of fascinating passages about the crime novel [and] some trenchant comments on life in England today.' Francis King, The Oldie'A wonderful read and as such will give pleasure to all P.D. James fans. The descriptions of landscape alone merit enthusiasm.Phyllis James is a national treasure.' Antonia Fraser, Mail on Sunday

Author Biography:

P. D. James was born in Oxford in 1920 and educated at Cambridge High School for Girls. From 1949 to 1968 she worked in the National Health Service and subsequently in the Home Office, first in the Police Department and later in the Criminal Policy Department. All that experience has been used in her novels. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Royal Society of the Arts and has served as a Governor of the BBC, a member of the Arts Council, where she was Chairman of its Literary Advisory Panel, on the Board of the British Council and as a magistrate in Middlesex and London. She has won awards for crime writing in Britain, America, Italy and Scandinavia, including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award. She has received honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE in 1983 and was created a life peer in 1991. In 1997 she was elected President of the Society of Authors.She lives in London and Oxford and has two daug

Release date NZ

November 6th, 2000

Author

P.D. James

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Edition

Main

Pages

304

Dimensions

127x197x23

ISBN-13

9780571203963

Product ID

2094373

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