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"I was tired of hearing people complain about the size of other people's advances. He added: "The publishing scene got too claustrophobic, too cliquey, too irritating. I hung out with my own friends who were my age." "That whole 'brat pack' thing - Jay McInerney and Tama Janowitz - was a myth. "I never felt that I belonged in the literary scene of New York," Ellis says. AMERICAN Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis says New York's "cliquey" and "claustrophobic" literary scene drove him nuts.Įllis, who burst onto the scene in the 1980s with Less Than Zero and fled to his native LA two decades later, tells The Paris Review's 200th issue that decapitation would have been preferable to any more New York publishing parties. Find clues for Laurie, author of Cider with Rosie or most any crossword answer or clues for crossword answers. Search for crossword clues found in the Daily Celebrity, NY Times, Daily Mirror, Telegraph and major publications. You may also wish to check out the other Laurie Lee books currently available in the Windmill Bookshop. Answers for Laurie, author of Cider with Rosie crossword clue, 3 letters. Please see all the photographs for overall condition.Īny questions or if you'd like to see more photographs, etc., please drop me a quick message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. There are some lines of creasing, and edge-fraying/tearing to the spine, and some browning/age discolouration and minor foxing to the inner cover and pages. This book has a clear plastic protective sleeve attached to its cover and a name handwritten in blue biro in the upper right hand corner of the opening/author biog page (see relevant photo). This Edition: Tenth Reprint, Paperback, 1971ĭimensions: H 18.1cm / W 11.2cm / D 1.5cm I am delighted to be able to offer this lovely vintage Paperback Edition of 'Cider with Rosie' by Laurie Lee, with Drawings by John Ward, published by Penguin Books in 1971.įirst published in Great Britain by the Hogarth Press 1959įirst published in the USA under the title 'Edge of Day: Boyhood in the West of England by William Morrow & Co., Inc., 1960 Welcome to The Windmill Bookshop, the vintage book section of our Etsy shop. |