![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It is for book lovers, and is written by one who could not be a more enthusiastic, enlightening and entertaining guide.Ī cornucopia of literary bygones & their writersįowler is a great companion as he takes us on his explorations of nooks, crannies and bywaters of past literary successes. This is a book about books and their authors. These 99 journeys are punctuated by 12 short essays about faded once-favourites, including the now-vanished novels Walt Disney brought to the screen, the contemporary rivals of Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie who did not stand the test of time, and the women who introduced us to psychological suspense many decades before it conquered the world. And Fowler, as well as remembering their careers, lifts the lid on their lives, and why they often stopped writing or disappeared from the public eye. Whether male or female, domestic or international, flash-in-the-pan or prolific, mega-seller or prize-winner, no author, it seems, can ever be fully immune from the fate of being forgotten. So begins Christopher Fowler's foray into the back catalogues and backstories of 99 authors who, once hugely popular, have all but disappeared from our shelves. Absence doesn't make the heart grow fonder. ![]()
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