num_pages: 254
description: Connolly was quite aware that his life at Horizon in the Forties had become something of a spectacle, a drama that outraged and amused onlookers...Since his schooldays he had been playing various parts, all designed to win sympathy or approval from friends and lovers, or simply to attract attention. He might appear as a convincing suicidal lover or as a tormented, tragic artist, while at other times he delighted companions by playing the witty extrovert, the brilliant mimic, the sophisticated man of letters, the smiling hedonist, the innocent buffoon. No one understood the complications involved in acting out these parts better than Connolly, who played them to the hilt while privately berating himself for becoming their prisoner. from FRIENDS OF PROMISE
language: English
title: FRIENDS OF PROMISE: Cyril Connolly and the World of Horizon
titlecomplete: FRIENDS OF PROMISE: Cyril Connolly and the World of Horizon
genres: Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 19
publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd