{"product_id":"semi-invisible-man-the-life-of-norman-lewis-9780330427081","title":"Semi-Invisible Man: The Life of Norman Lewis","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Julian Evans\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Norman Lewis was the best not-famous writer of his generation, and a better writer than almost all who were. From the 1950s to the 1990s, he wrote books that have survived better than all but a handful of novels. For twenty years Lewis spied for the British government, raced Bugattis before the war, lived in Ibiza after it, and was a crack shot, flamboyant host, and businessman with Mafia connections. Julian Evans' portrait is a fascinating personal account of a suburban fugitive and adventurer; a writer of unsurpassed humour, wisdom and compassion for the ridiculous; the Defoe of our times. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Magnificent . . . meticulous, spirited and colourful . . . a triumph' Jason Webster, \"New Statesman \" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'An excellent literary biography about one of the truly outstanding writers of our time . . . Sensitive and perceptive' Patrick Marnham, \" Daily Mail\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47891612762263,"sku":"9780330427081","price":2036.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780330427081.webp?v=1781184287","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/semi-invisible-man-the-life-of-norman-lewis-9780330427081","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}