Writer, soldier, bookseller, father: Brian Aldiss has earned many
titles in his life. In the Twinkling of an Eye is a candid, vivid
and charming look at the stories behind this distinctive writer of
fiction. His life as a struggling novelist is unflinchingly laid
bare. There are recollections of the beauty and freedoms of
Sumatra, the camaraderie of the army and the sobriety of post-war
England, bookselling in Oxford, marital breakdown and financial
impoverishment. With insight and honesty, Aldiss delves into his
role in the new wave of science fiction writing in the 1960s, and
his friendships with his contemporaries: Anthony Storr, J. G.
Ballard, Kingsley Amis, Doris Lessing, Michael Moorcock and William
Boyd. This is Aldiss at his most-versatile, outspoken best.
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