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Anthony Powell

Anthony Powell: Dancing to the music of time by Hilary Spurling

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January–February 2018, no. 398
Brian McFarlane reviews 'Anthony Powell: Dancing to the music of time' by Hilary Spurling

Readers of this review are warned that they are in the presence of an addict. Having read Anthony Powell’s monumental twelve-volume Dance to the Music of Time three times, I had been trying not to succumb to a fourth. Then along comes Hilary Spurling’s brilliant biography and will power has suffered total defeat ...

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