{"product_id":"9780330427081","title":"Semi-Invisible Man : The Life of Norman Lewis","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Julian Evans\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eBiography: general\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 June 2009 by PAN MACMILLAN (Picador) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 816 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 40mm | 916g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorman 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  '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":"Julian Evans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64838744605021,"sku":"9780330427081","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9780330427081.jpg?v=1780056585","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9780330427081","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}