Arthur Calder-Marshall (1908–1992)
Autore di The Fair to Middling
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: George Simmer's Research Blog
Opere di Arthur Calder-Marshall
The enthusiast : an enquiry into the life, beliefs and character of the Rev. Joseph Leycester Lyne, alias Fr. Ignatius, (1962) 11 copie
Lewd, Blasphemous & Obscene: Being the trials and tribulations of sundry founding fathers of today's alternative… (1972) 6 copie
Opere correlate
The rights of man and other writings; (Books that have changed man's thinking) (1970) — Introduzione — 17 copie
The Bodley Head Jack London Volume 1: Short Stories, The Call of the Wild (1963) — A cura di — 8 copie
The Bodley Head Jack London. Volume Two [John Barleycorn / The Cruise of the Dazzler / The Road] (1964) — A cura di — 4 copie
The Bodley Head Jack London. Volume Four [The Klondike Dream] — A cura di — 4 copie
Then and Now. A Selection of Articles, Stories & Poems, Taken from the First Fifty Numbers of ‘Now & Then’,… (1935) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Drummond, William
- Data di nascita
- 1908-08-19
- Data di morte
- 1992-04-17
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Wallington, Surrey, England
- Luogo di morte
- Ashford, Kent, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Steyning, Sussex, England, UK
Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK - Istruzione
- St Paul's School, London, UK
Hertford College, Oxford - Attività lavorative
- author
- Organizzazioni
- Communist Party of Great Britain
Writers and Readers Group
Oxford University Poetry Society
British Petroleum
Ministry of Information
Utenti
Discussioni
Portal/colour-blind girl recovers/green jewel/accused of faking in Name that Book (Luglio 2012)
Recensioni
Liste
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 28
- Opere correlate
- 14
- Utenti
- 214
- Popolarità
- #104,033
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 5
- ISBN
- 21
- Lingue
- 1
The story is about some children and staff from a school/home for orphans with disabilities. They are each changed in some way by their visit to the fair. The book is a mishmash of good and evil, humour and horror, religion and science, morality, miracles, friendship, healing, and, most prominently, acceptance. It is so full of wordplay that I was constantly looking for hidden meanings. I know that I missed a lot.
Something that intrigued me was a deadly game of cricket that was going on in the background. One of the players was (for quite obvious reasons) called Mr. De Ath. I had to wonder whether this was also a subtle nod to Dorothy L. Sayers, as it made me think of a scene in Murder Must Advertise. This suspicion was reinforced by a passing mention of Lord Peter Wimsey later in the book.… (altro)