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Granta 51: Big Men (and L.A. Women)

Caroline Alexander

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Big as in substantial, powerful, famous; men as in weak, wicked, and notorious. Gitta Sereny on Albert Speer, the tyrant as survivor; Caroline Alexander on the classical tyrant, Hastings Banda; Andrea Ashworth on the tyrant in the next room, her stepfather. Blake Morrison considers failing manhood, John Sweeney investigates the myth and mystery of Hitler’s missing testicle, and Douglas Brooker photographs the young – some may say strange – women of L.A.

Contents:

Andrea Ashworth - Our Mother’s New Man
Will Hobson - Dear Adolf
John Sweeney - Hitler and the Billygoat
Caroline Alexander - Plato Speaks
Blake Morrison - Bicycle Thieves
Douglas Brooker - LA Women
Lindsey Hilsum - Where is Kigali?
Edward Blishen - Trouble at the Waterworks
Claire Messud - The Professor’s History
Clive Sinclair - The Lady with the Laptop
Harold Pinter - Girls

Language: English

Pages: 255

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Group

Release: November 30, 1995

ISBN: 0140141081

ISBN 13: 9780140141085

Granta 51: Big Men (and L.A. Women)

Caroline Alexander

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Big as in substantial, powerful, famous; men as in weak, wicked, and notorious. Gitta Sereny on Albert Speer, the tyrant as survivor; Caroline Alexander on the classical tyrant, Hastings Banda; Andrea Ashworth on the tyrant in the next room, her stepfather. Blake Morrison considers failing manhood, John Sweeney investigates the myth and mystery of Hitler’s missing testicle, and Douglas Brooker photographs the young – some may say strange – women of L.A.

Contents:

Andrea Ashworth - Our Mother’s New Man
Will Hobson - Dear Adolf
John Sweeney - Hitler and the Billygoat
Caroline Alexander - Plato Speaks
Blake Morrison - Bicycle Thieves
Douglas Brooker - LA Women
Lindsey Hilsum - Where is Kigali?
Edward Blishen - Trouble at the Waterworks
Claire Messud - The Professor’s History
Clive Sinclair - The Lady with the Laptop
Harold Pinter - Girls

Language: English

Pages: 255

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Group

Release: November 30, 1995

ISBN: 0140141081

ISBN 13: 9780140141085

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