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As loving as it is candid . . . wonderful -- Kathryn Hughes * The Times * Unputdownable . . . Every chapter here is a stand-alone wardrobe of fascinating stuff -- Martin Newell * Eastern Daily Press * Teeming with colourful characters, telling episodes and fascinating insights into the way Ronnie set about his literary calling . . . [Blythe Spirit is] a vibrant song of praise * Eastern Daily Press * The biography conjures a lost world of letter-writing and weekend visits, with country life providing the time and space to form lasting bonds . . . deeply moving -- Guy Spratt * Spectator * Rich and enjoyable -- Literary Review Beautiful . . . an example of how to treat an unusual person as perfectly usual to himself . . . a remarkable life and a remarkable life-story -- John Spurling An engaging and sympathetic portrait -- D. J. Taylor * The Tablet *

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Ian Collins is a writer and curator. He has written numerous biographies and monographs, including the Runciman Award-winning John Craxton: A Life of Gifts and James Dodds: The Blue Boat which won the Creative Suffolk Author Award. He had a long career as an arts writer for the Eastern Daily Press and has worked with the Aldeburgh Festival, Sainsbury Centre in Norwich, British Museum, Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, Benaki Museum in Athens and Mesher Istanbul. He lives in Suffolk and Greece.

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