Written entirely in letters, this novel conveys the nuances and tensions only present in personal epistolary form. The virtuous but self-deceiving Clarissa and the charming villain Lovelace haunt the imagination as fully as Romeo and Juliet or Tristan and Isolde.[...]
'"Bright Young People". Making the most of our youth. They talk in the Press of our social success. But quite the reverse is the truth' - Noel Coward. The Bright Young People were one of the most extraordinary youth cults in British history. A pleasure-seeking band of bohemian party-givers and blue-[...]
"One of the first great British novels, Samuel Richardson's classic tale became a legend to his own age and remains so today."
Defying her parents' desire for her to marry a loathsome man for his wealth, the virtuous Clarissa escapes into the dangerous arms of the charming rogue Lovelace, whose[...]
"First published 1973 by Routledge, reprinted with new introduction in 2013."
"First published 1973 by Routledge, reprinted with new introduction in 2013."
Hoskyns brings a genuine love as well as an outsider's keen eye to the rise and fall of the California scene. . . . This is a riveting story, sensitively told.
--Anthony DeCurtis, Contributing Editor, "Rolling Stone"From enduring musical achievements to drug-fueled chaos and bed-hopping antics, t[...]
An up-close and personal portrait of the L.A. music scene between 1967 and 1976 draws on interviews with key players of the period to explore the energy and impact of the era, profiling such figures as Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, the Eagles, and Crosby, Stills, Nash,[...]