‘Brilliant and discursive’ Antonia Fraser, Sunday Times
‘Hughes-Hallett’s exemplary reappraisal … throws a searching light on two thousand years of male erotic fantasy’ Joan Smith, New Statesman
Winner of the FAWCETT PRIZE and EMILY TOTH AWARD
How one visionary inspired 200 years of art, poetry, and protest…
Weaving between the historical, cultural and personal, award-winning author Philip Hoare reveals a web of creative minds and artistic iconoclasts fired with the wild and revolutionary genius of William Blake.
Named a BOOK OF THE YEAR by The Times and Sunday Times,New Statesman,Spectator,Prospect, and New Yorker.
‘Undoubtedly Hoare’s masterpiece’ Olivia Laing
‘Queer in all senses of the word’ Neil Tennant
‘A life-changing book’ Robert Douglas Fairhurst, The Times
‘Fabulously idiosyncratic’ Lucy Hughes-Hallett, New Statesman
‘These rollicking gabfests … bring together nearly everyone … who made the series a creative and cultural landmark’ New York Times
‘Essential for fans, with a revelation on every page’ Kirkus
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Who made the phone call that got HBO to launch the show? What’s the significance of all those eggs? And, what the hell ever happened to the Russian? In Woke Up This Morning, Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa have all the answers – and they’re revealing where all the bodies are buried.
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Who made the phone call that got HBO to launch the show? What’s the significance of all those eggs? And, what the hell ever happened to the Russian? In Woke Up This Morning, Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa have all the answers – and they’re revealing where all the bodies are buried.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Who made the phone call that got HBO to launch the show? What’s the significance of all those eggs? And, what the hell ever happened to the Russian? In Woke Up This Morning, Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa have all the answers – and they’re revealing where all the bodies are buried.
The ultimate biography of this ever-popular star and icon, from a young Cambridge don who has already made his name with a much praised biography of Marilyn Monroe.
Please note that this edition is text only and does not include illustrations.
Hadley Freeman brings us her personalised guide to American movies from the 1980s – why they are brilliant, what they meant to her, and how they influenced movie-making forever.
Hadley Freeman brings us her personalised guide to American movies from the 1980s – why they are brilliant, what they meant to her, and how they influenced movie-making forever.
A must for all Pop Culture junkies.
‘Myriad weird and weirder showbiz stories with which to amaze, astound and possibly bore rigid close personal friends down the pub or in sheltered accomodation. A must for intellectuals and anoraks alike.’ Mark Radcliffe
Vicky and Charlie, twenty-somethings, one the son of a vicar, the other the daughter of a much loved Radio 4 and Times columnist, friends for years but never boyfriend/girlfriend, decide to make a hardcore porn movie.
A razor-sharp and achingly funny memoir of the men and movies that shaped one woman’s life…
The first biography of the Rat Pack – Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop et al – the original Swingers. Brilliant and beautifully written story of their rise and fall, and their connections with the Kennedys and the Mafia.
The ultimate biography of this ever-popular star and icon, from a young Cambridge don who has already made his name with a much praised biography of Marilyn Monroe.
