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The Poet & the Private Eye

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Format Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10 184771899X
ISBN-13 9781847718990
Publisher Y Lolfa
Imprint Y Lolfa
Country of Manufacture GB
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Jun 19th, 2014
Print length 304 Pages
Weight 334 grams
Dimensions 19.70 x 13.20 x 2.30 cms
Ksh 1,650.00
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In October 1953, Time magazine hired a private detective to shadow Dylan Thomas during what turned out to be his last visit to New York City. Dylan had taken out a libel suit against Time because of a less-than-flattering profile the magazine had published about him some months before. Time intended to use any new material gathered by the detective to defend its portrait of Dylan who, they alleged: ''... argues like a Bolshevik, dresses like a bum... drinks like a culvert... smokes like an ad for cancer... sleeps with any woman who is willing... borrows with no thought of returning is lent... seldom shows up on time, is a trial to his friends and a worry to his family...''
In The Poet and the Private Eye these two men are placed centre stage.

This is Rob Gittins''s second novel. He is an extremely able and experienced writer and has written for almost every top-rated network UK TV shows including Casualty, The Bill, Emmerdale, Heartbeat, Soldier Soldier and The Story of Tracy Beaker. He''s a part of the core writing team of EastEnders and has written more than 200 episodes of the programme and is now the longest-serving writer on the soap.

In October 1953, Time magazine hired a private detective to shadow Dylan Thomas during what turned out to be his last visit to New York City. Dylan had taken out a libel suit against Time because of a less-than-flattering profile the magazine had published about him some months before. Time intended to use any new material gathered by the detective to defend its portrait of Dylan who, they alleged: ''... argues like a Bolshevik, dresses like a bum... drinks like a culvert... smokes like an ad for cancer... sleeps with any woman who is willing... borrows with no thought of returning is lent... seldom shows up on time, is a trial to his friends and a worry to his family...''
In The Poet and the Private Eye these two men are placed centre stage.

This is Rob Gittins''s second novel. He is an extremely able and experienced writer and has written for almost every top-rated network UK TV shows including Casualty, The Bill, Emmerdale, Heartbeat, Soldier Soldier and The Story of Tracy Beaker. He''s a part of the core writing team of EastEnders and has written more than 200 episodes of the programme and is now the longest-serving writer on the soap.


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