An electrifying re-examination of one of the twentieth century's greatest unsung power players, from the bestselling author of A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE'Supremely enjoyable .
Bill Withers entered the music fray as hardly an afterthought, rewrote the rules for a decade, earned a fortune, then, unable to square himself with the requisites of the music business, took his leave.
Zwischen Ruhm und Rückschlägen – Die Geschichte eines deutschen TennisidolsMit siebzehn Jahren sorgt Boris Becker mit seinem Wimbledon-Sieg für den Urknall in Tennis-Deutschland.
This selection of Bowen's non-fictional writings includes her wonderfully funny, precise recollections of schooldays and childhood experiences, her brilliant evocations of London in wartime and of the Irish 'big house', and penetrating accounts of some of her most famous contemporaries.
