Sam Leith Sam Leith

Shooting prize-dispensing fish in literary barrels

A review of Lost for Words, by Edward St Aubyn. This satire of the literary award scene recalls Tom Sharpe at his most extravagantly grotesque

Edward St Aubyn Photo: Getty 
issue 03 May 2014
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