Walking Possession: Essays And Reviews, 1968-1993

by Ian Hamilton

Collects Ian Hamilton's critical writings, including pieces on Sylvia Plath, Robert Frost, John Updike, and George Orwell

320 pages, Hardcover

First published April 29, 1994

About the author

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Robert Ian Hamilton was a British literary critic, reviewer, biographer, poet, magazine editor and publisher.

Reviews

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Essays on Lennox Lewis, Damon Runyon, the 1982 World Cup and the early days of The Comic Strip delight in this piquant, surly collection. True, the pieces have dated, but so does everything and, here, that’s half the excitement - there’s this feller named Martin Amis, and his new novel is called Money...