An unrivalled, sumptuous voyage through the highs and lows of the human condition across literature’s bejewelled past.
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<div><p>Why was publication of Huckleberry Fin delayed until February 18, 1885? Which great literary love affair came to a tragic end on February 11, 1963? What effect did March 19, 2007 have on Philip Roth’s alter ego? Arranged by days of the year, <i>Love, Sex, Death & Words</i> provides an absorbing companion to literature’s inspiring past.</p><p><b>John Sutherland </b>is a recently retired professor of English literature at University College London, and a past chairman of the Booker Prize panel.</p><p><b>Stephen Fender </b>was born in San Francisco and educated at Stanford and in the United Kingdom. He has taught in the United States at Santa Clara, Williams, and Dartmouth colleges.</p></div>
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