Ferdinand Mount
Auteur de Jem (and Sam)
A propos de l'auteur
Ferdinand Mount is the author of such novels as Jem (and Sam), a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year, and Fairness, a nominee for the Booker Prize. Both The Man Who Rode Ampersand and Fairness are novels in the acclaimed series A Chronicle of Modern Twilight. Mount edited the Times afficher plus Literary Supplement for many years and is now a columnist for the Sunday Times in London afficher moins
Séries
Œuvres de Ferdinand Mount
Big Caesars and Little Caesars: How They Rise and How They Fall - From Julius Caesar to Boris Johnson (2023) 12 exemplaires
'All coherence not quite gone' in TLS 5050, 14 Jan 2000 [review of Sadowski's 'Myth of Global Chaos'] 1 exemplaire
'Periwigs & posterity' in TLS , 23 May 2003 1 exemplaire
Clubbing Together 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Mount, Sir William Robert Ferdinand, 3rd Baronet
- Date de naissance
- 1939-07-02
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Islington, London, England, UK
- Études
- Greenways School
Ashton Gifford House, Wiltshire, England, UK
Sunningdale School, Berkshire, England, UK
Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England, UK
Oxford University (Christ Church College) - Professions
- writer
columnist
politician - Relations
- Harry Mount (son)
- Organisations
- The Sunday Times
The Times Literary Supplement
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 29
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 781
- Popularité
- #32,597
- Évaluation
- 3.3
- Critiques
- 7
- ISBN
- 81
- Langues
- 3
The second thing was the mention of Sheffield and there is a fabulous lengthy chapter in the book about my home city in the late 19th and early 20th century. I'm sure any reader would agree that there is something extra special about reading about a place you know well.
And then there's that gorgeous cover with the image of a glamorous looking man and woman lightly holding hands. I was desperate to know their story.
Kiss Myself Goodbye is Ferdinand Mount's account of his aunt's life. A shadowy character, edging around questions she doesn't want to provide true answers to, he manages to discover endless amazing things about her life both up until the point she is a part of his life and beyond. And it truly is fascinating. The whole thing had my jaw dropping on many occasions, and sometimes nodding along sagely as previously unknown or seemingly unconnected pieces of information all slotted into place.
I particularly enjoyed Mount's journey of discovery through genealogy research, the way he found out so much from birth, marriage and death certificates. He has a difficult job as Munca didn't seem to tell the truth about herself so every single detail is hard won.
Kiss Myself Goodbye is the name of a song the author remembers from a trip to a nightclub with his Aunt Munca but it's also remarkably fitting as Munca spent her lifetime kissing her real self goodbye and reinventing herself. They often say the truth is stranger than fiction and that's definitely true of Munca's life.
I found this to be an engrossing story of a woman with more layers than an onion and a social history read packed with informational gems. Whilst there was the odd section that didn't completely absorb me, the vast majority of it was utterly captivating. It's a fabulous book.… (plus d'informations)