Anthony Blunt
by Miranda Carter
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Author: Miranda CarterEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-10-11
ISBN: 0330367668
Number of pages: 600
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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Book Review: A classic biography
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a brilliant, measured piece of biography, examining the many parallel lives of Blunt, a communist traitor at the heart of the English establishment. The other protagonists, Philby and Burgess especially, are brilliantly drawn. The overall question, why he turned traitor, is left largely unanswered, and remains an intriguing mystery at the heart of the book. It is a great companion to Banville's fictionalised The Untouchable. Recommended.
Summary of Anthony Blunt
When Anthony Blunt died in 1983, he was a man about whom almost anything could be - and was - said. As Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures and Director of the Courtauld Institute, Blunt's position was assured until his exposure in 1979 left his reputation in tatters. Miranda Carter's brilliantly insightful biography gives us a vivid portrait of a human paradox. Blunt's totally discrete lives, with their permanent contradictions, serve to remind us that there is no one key to any human being's identity: we are all a series of conflicting selves. 'Astonishingly good' - "Daily Telegraph". 'Highly impressive ...sensitive and compelling...Miranda Carter has written a richly informative biography which, in the end, does not fall into the trap of tout comprendre, c'est tout pardonner - not only because she is not seeking to pardon him, but also because there is something here that is still quite impossible to comprehend' - Noel Malcolm, "Sunday Telegraph". 'A compelling biography...Miranda Carter's skill at scouring the different compartments of Blunt's life is deeply impressive' - Julian Barnes, "New Yorker".Political Books
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