An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential writers, an artist who continues to inspire fans and creatives to cultivate practices of deep attention, rigorous interrogation and beautiful style.
‘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
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.
A collection of writings by the author of the 2022 Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker
‘His work has a symphonic quality unique in fiction’ THE TIMES
‘The autobiography of one of the most distinct and profound writers we have’GUARDIAN
A collection of writings by the author of the 2022 Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker
‘His work has a symphonic quality unique in fiction’ THE TIMES
‘The autobiography of one of the most distinct and profound writers we have’GUARDIAN
A collection of writings by the author of the 2022 Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker
‘His work has a symphonic quality unique in fiction’ THE TIMES
‘The autobiography of one of the most distinct and profound writers we have’GUARDIAN
A collection of writings by the author of the 2022 Booker Prize-longlisted Treacle Walker
A collection of writings by the author of the 2022 Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker
A collection of writings by the author of the 2022 Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker
A collection of writings by the author of the 2022 Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker
A collection of writings by the author of the 2022 Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker
A high-tech business park on the Mediterranean is the setting for a most disturbing crime in this reissue featuring an introduction by Ali Smith.
Ten essays on how reading and meaningfully engaging with literature can help us live better, more purposeful lives.
