John Spurling

Arcadian Days

By John Spurling - Published 2022

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EpicLiterary

Does the world really need another retelling of the classic Greek myths? When it comes from renowned historical novelist John Spurling, the answer ...Read Review

Arcadian Nights: The Greek Myths Reimagined

By John Spurling - Published 2015Published 2016

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EpicLiterary

With Arcadian Nights: The Greek Myths Reimagined, John Spurling, winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, makes an ambitious bid to ...Read Review

The Ten Thousand Things

By John Spurling - Published 2014Published WSP15

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Literary

Wang Meng is a low-level government worker in 14th-century China. A gifted painter who is devoted to his art, Wang becomes entangled in ...Read Review

A Book of Liszts – Variations

By John Spurling - Published 2011

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Nonfiction

The publication of John Spurling’s ‘biography’ of Franz Liszt celebrates his career as a dazzling performer, composer and conductor – a 19th century ...Read Review