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- Gordon Bowker (1934 – 14 January 2019) was an English journalist and academic who wrote biographies of Malcolm Lowry, Lawrence Durrell, George Orwell and James Joyce.
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His first biography became a New York Times Best Seller and "Notable Book of the Year" in 1995. [11] The following year, Bowker published Through the Dark Labyrinth: a Biography of Lawrence Durrell. [12]
Gordon Bowker has 17 books on Goodreads with 1820 ratings. Gordon Bowker’s most popular book is James Joyce: A Biography.
Jan 26, 2019 · Gordon Bowker wrote a number of other literary biographies: Pursued by Furies: A Life of Malcolm Lowry (1994) (New York Times Bestseller and Notable Book of the Year); and Through the Dark Labyrinth: A Biography of Lawrence Durrell (1996). His biography of James Joyce, published in May 2011 in time for Bloomsday, was longlisted for the Carnegie ...
His books include Malcolm Lowry Remembered (1985); Pursued by Furies: A Life of Malcolm Lowry (1994, New York Times Notable Book of the Year); and Through the Dark Labyrinth: A Biography of Lawrence Durrell (1996). His George Orwell appeared in 2003, Orwell’s centenary year.
Jan 1, 2003 · George Orwell. Gordon Bowker. 3.89. 207 ratings26 reviews. Few writers can boast the brilliant legacy of George Orwell, both in his addition to the English language - Big Brother, Room 101, Doublethink - and through his profound influence on world literature.
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Aug 17, 2012 · Bowker, who has written biographies of Malcolm Lowry and George Orwell, concentrates on seamless storytelling rather than constant displays of literary judgments or summaries of plots.
May 26, 2011 · Gordon Bowker's James Joyce: A New Biography presents the reader with a virtual catalogue of the author's life, omitting virtually nothing but also convincingly embedding all of Joyce's prose + some of his poems, in chronological fashion.
