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|author= Stephen Parker
|title= Bertolt Brecht - A Literary Life
|rating= 3.5
|genre= Biography
|summary= Drawing on letters, diaries, and unpublished material, Stephen Parker offers a rich and detailed account of Brecht's life and work, and paints a new picture of one of the twentieth century's most controversial cultural icons – a man whose plays are performed more in Germany than Shakespeare's. Examining Brecht's beginnings in Bavaria, through the First World War and onto the beginnings of a career. Then, Brecht's journey through Weimar Germany where he became a political artist, struggling with the fascists who would eventually drive him to exile in Denmark, and onto life in the US – suspected of being a Soviet agent, before the eventual return to Germany, and a later life plagued with illness. This is a fascinating book about the man, his work, and the climates in which he wrote and influenced his work, as well as providing insights into the thought processes, health, and women who filled the world of Brecht.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1474240003</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author= Jane McLoughlin
|summary=The Quarry series is classic pulp fiction from Max Allan Collins that has spanned almost 50 years. The newest books in the series may be set in the past, but where actually written recently. The success of the [[Quarry's Choice by Max Allan Collins|newer books]], has revitalised interest in the original 1970s run of books. Once known as ''The Broker's Daughter'', ''Quarry's List'' is the second book in the series that may not introduce you to the character, but it does introduce you to why Quarry became a killer of killers.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783298855</amazonuk>
}}