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Exceptional writing from Spurling who manages to immerse the reader in Powells world and milieu… he’s presented as a sort of Nick Jenkins Observer of his own life and he ruthlessly used almost anyone he met for characters in all his novels - like Lawrence used to do

One thinks of Boyd as a brilliant novelist as comfortable writing dense cradle to grave tomes ( Any Human Heart) as he is writing pulse quickening thrillers (Restless) or slightly more Rebus puzzle spy volumes (Gabriels Moon )so I'm not sure why I'm surprised that this huge collection of journalism (book reviews / think pieces / memoir) is stunningly diverse and quite beautifully expressed -