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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Richard BeardPublisher: Vintage Publishing Imprint: Vintage Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.277kg ISBN: 9780099507734ISBN 10: 0099507730 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 07 May 2009 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsA wonderfully sympathetic account of how and, possibly, why Drew became Dru Daily Mail A gentle, wise and touching book, full of warmth, humour, friendship and humanity Literary Review A brave and intelligent book Daily Telegraph This very personal story of how the friendship between two men had to be completely re-evaluated when one of them had a sex change is written in an honest and deeply thoughtful way and is totally devoid of any sensationalism or prurience reFresh magazine This very personal story of how the friendship between two men had to be completely re-evaluated when one of them had a sex change is written in an honest and deeply thoughtful way and is totally devoid of any sensationalism or prurience * reFresh magazine * This beautifully-written and thoroughly well-researched book is Beard's searingly honest attempt to understand what his friend had gone through ... It is deliciously un-PC, unpreachy, refreshingly free of sentimentality, and, at times, drily comic... touching and life affirming. It left me marvelling about human nature. There aren't many of those kinds of books about -- Dermond Moore * Irish Post * A brave and intelligent book * Daily Telegraph * A gentle, wise and touching book, full of warmth, humour, friendship and humanity * Literary Review * A wonderfully sympathetic account of how and, possibly, why Drew became Dru * Daily Mail * A wonderfully sympathetic account of how and, possibly, why Drew became Dru Daily Mail A gentle, wise and touching book, full of warmth, humour, friendship and humanity Literary Review A brave and intelligent book Daily Telegraph This beautifully-written and thoroughly well-researched book is Beard's searingly honest attempt to understand what his friend had gone through ... It is deliciously un-PC, unpreachy, refreshingly free of sentimentality, and, at times, drily comic... touching and life affirming. It left me marvelling about human nature. There aren't many of those kinds of books about -- Dermond Moore Irish Post This very personal story of how the friendship between two men had to be completely re-evaluated when one of them had a sex change is written in an honest and deeply thoughtful way and is totally devoid of any sensationalism or prurience reFresh magazine Author InformationRichard Beard's most recent book is Acts of the Assassins, which was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize. In the twenty years since his first book he has published critically acclaimed novels and narrative non-fiction, including Becoming Drusilla, the story of how a friendship between two men was changed by a gender transition. He was formerly Director of the National Academy of Writing in London, and is now a Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo and has a Creative Writing Fellowship at the University of East Anglia. He is an optimistic opening batsman for the Authors Cricket Club. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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