Beryl Bainbridge

Enjoyer and endurer

I approached the late David Nokes’s scholarly book with some trepidation, having heard that it had been criticised for its apparent dismissal of James Boswell.

issue 19 December 2009

  • Samuel Johnson: A Life

    David Nokes

    Faber, pp. 448

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