Cressida Connolly

The worst crime was to be a bore

Gully Wells is a spirited and amusing writer, the daughter of the American journalist Dee Wells and the stepdaughter of the famous philosopher Freddie Ayer.

  • The House in France: A Memoir

    Gully Wells

    Bloomsbury, pp. 307

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