{"product_id":"9781780601557","title":"A Quiet Evening : The Travels of Norman Lewis","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Lewis, Norman \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 21\/05\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 504 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781780601557,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollected here, from a period of nearly five decades, are thirty-six of Norman Lewis s best articles. In each, his writing crackles with poker-faced wit and stylistic brilliance.  As a witness to his times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe good, the bad and the absurd\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehe was unmatched, and his instinct for important events, and moments, was infallible. His range here includes Ibizan fishermen, an interview with Castro s executioner, the genocide of the South American Indian tribes, a paean to Seville and his meeting with a tragic Ernest Hemingway. That meeting was  a shattering experience,  Norman wrote to Ian Fleming who had commissioned him,  of the kind likely to sabotage ambition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFortunately it didn t, and the articles assembled between these covers are compulsive, hilarious, tender and beautifully written, at times deeply upsetting, and always unforgettable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57181137174901,"sku":"9781780601557","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781780601557.jpg?v=1778744684","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781780601557","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}