The Lamberts George Constant and Kit by Sir Andrew Motion PAPERBACK

Name: The Lamberts George Constant and Kit by Sir Andrew Motion PAPERBACK
Brand: Motion, Andrew

Motion, Andrew

Brand new product\nFree UK standard delivery 2-3 days from despatch\nTracked secure courier\nPlease check delivery times at top of listing\nBookCurl is a family bookseller - thank you for your business\n\n''Families are societies in miniature.''\n\nThe Lamberts: George, Constant and Kit won a Somerset Maugham Award in 1987. A lesson in the fragility of fame, it tells the tragic story of three generations: George, one of Australia''s leading painters; his talented composer-conductor son Constant; and grandson Kit, who managed the pop group The Who. \n\n''Motion''s project is not just to tell the story of passing generations, which he does very readably and well, but necessarily also to describe and evaluate aspects of English culture - revivalist painting, classical music in the Twenties and Thirties, the foundation of a native ballet, pop music in the Sixties - which he does with considerable confidence and resource.'' London Review of Books\n\n''The story of the three Lamberts is asg