{"product_id":"9781804952825-retail-fires-which-burned-brightly-a-life-in-progress","title":"Fires Which Burned Brightly: A Life in Progress","description":"A new, wise and warmly funny work of memoir from bestselling novelist Sebastian Faulks\n\n'A wise and heartfelt piece of writing' THE TIMES\n\n'Witty' INDEPENDENT\n\n'Wry and reflective . . . a soulful look at a life in words' i PAPER\n\n'A wonderful portrait of an age, and of a writer' RORY STEWART, author of Politics on the Edge\n\n'Utterly fascinating' DAVID KYNASTON, author of A Northern Wind\n\n'Shot through with the kind of depth and detail that can only come from a masterful writer finally turning his pen to his own life. Fresh, wise and finely-wrought' ALICE WINN, author of In Memoriam \n\n'As charming and funny in schoolboy episodes as he is thought-provoking in the darker environs of mental health, Sebastian Faulks is always resonant, civilised and sane' MARK KNOPFLER\n\n*** \n\nIn Fires Which Burned Brightly, Faulks, a reluctant memoirist, offers readers a series of detailed snapshots from a life in progress. They include a post-war rural childhood - 'cold mutton and wet washing on a rack over the range' - the booze-sodden heyday of Fleet Street and a career as one of the country's most acclaimed novelists.\n\nThere are not one, but two daring escapes from boarding school; the delirium of a jetlagged American book tour; the writing of Birdsong in his brother's house in 1992; and memorable trips across the channel to France. Politics, psychiatry and frustrated ventures into the world of entertainment are analysed with patience and rueful humour.\n\nThe book is driven by a desire 'to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.' It ends with a tribute to Faulks's parents and a sense of how his own generation was shaped by the disruptive power of war and its aftermath.\n\nSharply perceptive and alive with a generous wit, Fires Which Burned Brightly is a work of subtle yet profound intelligence and warmth.\n\nPRAISE FOR SEBASTIAN FAULKS\n\n'Faulks writes with great emotional authority' SUNDAY TIMES\n\n'A prodigiously talented writer' NEW YORK TIMES\n\n'Faulks is beyond doubt a master' FINANCIAL TIMES\n\n'The most impressive novelist of his generation' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49345866957019,"sku":"9781804952825-RETAIL","price":22.94,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/0840b6d2-68ab-43a9-bf15-9bf7e34c1908.jpg?v=1790102932","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781804952825-retail-fires-which-burned-brightly-a-life-in-progress","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}