Cover Page
Title Page
Dedication
SCENES FROM LITERARY LIFE
1 A Foot in the Door
2 Rogues’ Gallery
3 No More Long Lunches
4 Wielding the Blue Pencil
5 A Cautionary Tale
6 Ghostly Presence
7 Muscular Prose
8 The Melon-Shaped Grin
9 Trade Secrets
10 Temporary Postings
11 Critical Times
12 Oldies and Others
13 Odds and Sods
BIOGRAPHICAL BUSINESS
14 The Reluctant Biographer
15 Footnotes
16 The Sage of Trenarren
17 Battling with Barbara
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
18 Conversing in Como
19 On Safari
20 Auschwitz Visit
ABSENT FRIENDS
21 De Mortuis
22 The Loot
23 Peter Gunn
24 Closing Time
An Explanation, and Acknowledgements
By the same author
Copyright
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