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Gordon Bowker (writer)

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Over the next five years, Bowker turned his attention to George Orwell, publishing a biography of Orwell in 2003 to commemorate a century since that writer's birth. Over the next few years, Bowker expanded his Orwell interests, promoting the re-publication of a book that revealed insights in to
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from 1966 to 1991 when he began writing dramas and documentaries for radio and television as well as stories, articles and reviews for
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After leaving Goldsmiths' College in 1991, Bowker focused his attention on writing literary biography, starting with
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Best Seller and "Notable Book of the Year" in 1995. The following year, Bowker published
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Later, he went on to read English, Sociology and Philosophy at
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for two years sheep farming, followed by three years in the
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People educated at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys
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Through the Dark Labyrinth: a Biography of Lawrence Durrell
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Through the Dark Labyrinth: a Biography of Lawrence Durrell
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Gordon Bowker, 1996, courtesy of Rhoda Bowker
English
Malcolm Lowry
Lawrence Durrell
George Orwell
James Joyce
Birmingham
Second World War
grammar school
King Edward VI Camp Hill
Australia
RAF
Cyprus
Egypt
Saltley College
Nottingham
London Universities
Goldsmiths' College
The Independent
The Observer
The Sunday Times
The Times Literary Supplement
The New York Times
Slightly Foxed
The London Magazine
Plays and Players
The Listener
The Times Educational Supplement
The Illustrated London News
Eric & Us

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