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June 1978: Frederic Raphael is in a studio for the dubbing of his television play Something’s Wrong, and a routine moment is captured by his wry alertness to vanities and foibles. Ifs and Buts continues the sharply stylish extracts from the journal of time spent, in the words of The Sunday Times, with ‘one eye on life’s greasy pole and the other on the eternal verities’. Both, for Raphael, are subjects for curiosity, scepticism and entertainment. Ifs and Buts includes encounters with David Garnett and Rebecca West, with their still-vivid memories of H.G. Wells and Lytton Strachey, D.H. Lawrence and Bloomsbury; an account of working with Diana Dors, and of not working with Diane Keaton. Alongside are darker reflections on public and private life, on what it is to be a Jew, on terrorism and the cruelties within relationships. Cover painting: © the estate of Sarah Raphael 2011 Cover design: StephenRaw.com

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Praise for Personal Terms Frederic Raphael's notebooks reveal the 'chip of ice' that, according to Graham Greene, lurks in the heart of a writer... Spiky, acute and immodest, Raphael's notebooks offer stimulating entertainment. For an insight into the writer's mind, you'll find nothing better - Christopher Hirst, the Independent

About the Author :
Frederic Raphael was born in Chicago in 1931 and educated at Charterhouse and St John’s College, Cambridge. His novels include The Glittering Prizes (1976), A Double Life (1993), Coast to Coast (1998) and Fame and Fortune (2007); he has also written short stories and biographies of Somerset Maugham and Byron. Frederic Raphael is a leading screenwriter, whose work includes the Academy Award-winning Darling (1965), Two for the Road (1967), Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), and the screenplay for Stanley Kubrick’s last film, Eyes Wide Shut (1999). The first volume of Personal Terms was published by Carcanet in 2001, with subsequent volumes in 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2013. The Times Literary Supplement said, ‘Aphoristic, lapidary and sumptuously reflective by turns, Personal Terms is a joy to read both for Raphael’s prose and mental powers. It is a work of iridescent intelligence, seductive charm, urbane temper and unflagging delight…’

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'Aphoristic, lapidary and sumptuously reflective by turns, Personal Terms is a joy to read both for Raphael's prose and mental powers. It is a book of iridescent intelligence, seductive charm, urbane temper and unflagging delight - indeed a minor masterpiece.' - Times Literary Supplement


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  • ISBN-13: 9781847778819
  • Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Lives and Letters
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Volume 5 Personal Terms
  • ISBN-10: 184777881X
  • Publisher Date: 01 Aug 2011
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 199
  • Sub Title: Personal Terms V


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