After writing the definitive biographies of Lytton Strachey and George Bernard Shaw, Michael Holroyd turned his hand to a more personal subject: his own family. The result was Basil Street Blues, published in 1999. But rather than the story being over, it was in fact only beginning. As letters from readers started to pour in, the author discovered extraordinary narratives that his own memoir had only touched on. Mosaic is Holroyd's piecing together of these remarkable stories: the murder of the fearsome headmaster of his school; the discovery that his Swedish grandmother was the mistress of the French anarchist Jacques Prevert; and a letter about the beauty of his mother that provides a clue to a decade-long affair. Funny, touching, and wry, Mosaic shows how other people's lives, however eccentric or extreme, echo our own dreams and experiences.
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Review:
'A book that touches all of the emotions' -- Independent on Sunday, 26 June 2005
'Holroyd's witty and perceptive authorial voice ... can move the reader to extremes of emotion in the space of a paragraph' -- Observer, 26 June 2006
Synopsis:
The noted biographer continues the chronicle of his family with an account of the murder of a fearsome headmaster, a discovery about his Swedish grandmother's identity, and a letter that reveals details about his mother's longtime affair.
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0393052737
- ISBN 13 9780393052732
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages304
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