Michael Arlen (1895-1956) was a literary shooting star among the
smart set of the 1920s. The self-styled chronicler of Mayfair
society, he became an international celebrity after the publication
of his scandalous novel The Green Hat in 1924. Born into an
immigrant Armenian community in Lancashire, following early
breakthrough in London he led a millionaire’s life on the Riviera
and dabbled in the Hollywood film industry before living out his
final years, all but forgotten, in retirement in New York. For all
his success as a purveyor of popular fiction, he remained forever
an ‘outsider’, arousing both fascination and suspicion in the
English-speaking world. Encounters with Michael Arlen is a set of
overlapping essays that reflect how the novelist was seen by
himself and by his contemporaries. Unlike a conventional biography,
the emphasis is on his connections with other leading figures of
the day, especially fellow writers such as D.H. Lawrence, Ernest
Hemingway and Rebecca West. The book is also a rumination by the
author on the sheer difficulty of writing literary biography. With
its comprehensive timeline and listing of archive materials
relating to Arlen, it should serve as a stimulus to future research
on this neglected and enigmatic personality.
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