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9780701173005 English 0701173009 "Hooked...By Miss Independent?" One glance at fiercely single Laurel Redmond, and Sawyer Fortune was a goner. It wasn't her blond hair or her blue eyes--super-rich, super-flirtatious Sawyer could have his pick of beauties in Red Rock. No, what made Laurel stand out was her unspoken message that she just "wasn't that into him." All Laurel really wanted was for the cocky, well-heeled rancher to leave her alone. She'd lived enough heartache to know that Sawyer was trouble she just couldn't afford. Yet the trademark Fortune charm was slowly reeling her in. All right, she thought, what would be the harm of just one...little...affair? No harm at all--until Mr. I Don't suddenly decided he wanted a bride, During the 1970s and 1980s, Peter Ackroyd wrote countless book reviews and articles for the Spectator, on literature, film and a number of social and cultural issues. This book offers a selection of these pieces which established Ackroyd's reputation as a writer., During the 1970s and the early 1980s Peter Ackroyd wrote countless book reviews and articles for the Spectator, on literature, film and a number of social and cultural issues. The collection offers a selection of these incisive and entertaining pieces, which established Ackroyd's reputation as a writer. It also includes a selection of his reviews as chief book reviewer for the Times, as well as three of his short stories., EDITED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THOMAS WRIGHT A fascinating anthology of journalism, lectures, short stories and miscellaneous writing by the author of London: The Biography. During the 1970s and early 1980s Peter Ackroyd wrote countless book reviews and articles for the Spectator on literature, film and a number of social issues. The Collectionoffers a selection of these incisive and witty pieces. In them, Ackroyd first explored the ideas that he would later develop in his novels and biographies. The articles from various publications in the 1980s and 1990s also throw interesting light on Ackroyd's books and reveal his attitudes to literature and art. Included here are long pieces on Walter Pater and William Morris, as well as lectures on the Englishness of English literature, Blake and radicalism, and the nature of time. The Collectionalso contains articles on the work of contemporary painters and much previously unpublished material. The short stories in this volume date from every period of Ackroyd's writing career; one of them is Ackroyd's first published work of fiction.
9780701173005 English 0701173009 "Hooked...By Miss Independent?" One glance at fiercely single Laurel Redmond, and Sawyer Fortune was a goner. It wasn't her blond hair or her blue eyes--super-rich, super-flirtatious Sawyer could have his pick of beauties in Red Rock. No, what made Laurel stand out was her unspoken message that she just "wasn't that into him." All Laurel really wanted was for the cocky, well-heeled rancher to leave her alone. She'd lived enough heartache to know that Sawyer was trouble she just couldn't afford. Yet the trademark Fortune charm was slowly reeling her in. All right, she thought, what would be the harm of just one...little...affair? No harm at all--until Mr. I Don't suddenly decided he wanted a bride, During the 1970s and 1980s, Peter Ackroyd wrote countless book reviews and articles for the Spectator, on literature, film and a number of social and cultural issues. This book offers a selection of these pieces which established Ackroyd's reputation as a writer., During the 1970s and the early 1980s Peter Ackroyd wrote countless book reviews and articles for the Spectator, on literature, film and a number of social and cultural issues. The collection offers a selection of these incisive and entertaining pieces, which established Ackroyd's reputation as a writer. It also includes a selection of his reviews as chief book reviewer for the Times, as well as three of his short stories., EDITED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THOMAS WRIGHT A fascinating anthology of journalism, lectures, short stories and miscellaneous writing by the author of London: The Biography. During the 1970s and early 1980s Peter Ackroyd wrote countless book reviews and articles for the Spectator on literature, film and a number of social issues. The Collectionoffers a selection of these incisive and witty pieces. In them, Ackroyd first explored the ideas that he would later develop in his novels and biographies. The articles from various publications in the 1980s and 1990s also throw interesting light on Ackroyd's books and reveal his attitudes to literature and art. Included here are long pieces on Walter Pater and William Morris, as well as lectures on the Englishness of English literature, Blake and radicalism, and the nature of time. The Collectionalso contains articles on the work of contemporary painters and much previously unpublished material. The short stories in this volume date from every period of Ackroyd's writing career; one of them is Ackroyd's first published work of fiction.