Burning the Days

Burning the DaysThis brilliant memoir brings to life an entire era through the sensibility of one of America's finest authors. Recollecting fifty years of love, desire and friendship, Burning the Days traces the life of a singular man, who starts out in Manhattan and comes of age in the skies over Korea, before reinventing himself as a writer in the New York of the 1960s. It features in Salter's uniquely beautiful style some of the most evocative pages about flying

Having conquered vast swathes of south-east Asia - Malaya

rocksteady masterpiece

he cannot concentrate on his writing and in frustration he throws away his beginning

A collection that includes some of Camus' most brilliant political writing

heavy on choir and strings

Radio On is driven by a startling new wave soundtrack featuring David Bowie

Jeff Bridges

A startling and courageous film

Many of the buildings shown in Soviet Asia are recorded here for the first time

Eileen O’Shaughnessy’s literary brilliance shaped Orwell’s work and her practical nous saved his life

with all of the humanity and trademark invention we expect from one of Britain's most exciting writers

Ireland's remarkably rich food heritage dates back millenia and