Product Description Norman Lewis was the best not-famous writer of his generation, and a better writer than almost all who were. From the 1950s to the 1990s, he wrote books that have survived better than all but a handful of novels. For twenty years Lewis spied for the British government, raced Bugattis before the war, lived in Ibiza after it, and was a crack shot, flamboyant host, and businessman with Mafia connections. Julian Evans' portrait is a fascinating personal account of a suburban fugitive and adventurer a writer of unsurpassed humour, wisdom and compassion for the ridiculous the Defoe of our times. 'Magnificent...meticulous, spirited and colourful...a triumph' - Jason Webster, "New Statesman". 'An excellent literary biography about one of the truly outstanding writers of our time...Sensitive and perceptive' - Patrick Marnham, "Daily Mail". About the Author Julian Evans is the author of Transit of Venus: Travels in the Pacific (1992), and the authorised biographer of the writer and adventurer Norman Lewis. He is a regular contributor to the Guardian and Prospect magazine. He lives in south-west England.
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