Bad Blood (Sage book)
Bad Blood is a 2000 work blending collective biography and memoir by the Anglo-Welsh literary critic and academic Lorna Sage.
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| Author | Lorna Sage |
|---|---|
| Country | Wales |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Publisher | Fourth Estate |
Publication date | 2000 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback & Hardback) & AudioBook (Cassette) |
| Pages | 288 pp (first edition, paperback) |
| ISBN | 1-84115-043-6 (first edition, paperback) |
| OCLC | 46512313 |
Set in post-war North Wales, it reflects on the dysfunctional generations of a family, its problems, and their effect on Sage. It won the 2001 Whitbread Book Biography of the Year seven days before Sage died of emphysema.[1]
James Fenton wrote in The New York Review of Books: "What makes the book remarkable is the individual story she has to tell, and which she delivers with such glee."[2]
The Guardian ranked Bad Blood at number 89 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century in September 2019.[3]
Release details
- 2001, UK, Fourth Estate (ISBN 1-84115-043-6), Pub. date 10 July 2001, paperback (First edition)
References
- Wilson, Frances (9 September 2000). "Guardian review: Bad Blood by Lorna Sage". the Guardian. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- Fenton, James (13 June 2002). "The Woman Who Did". Retrieved 21 October 2019. (subscription required)
- "100 Best Books of the 21st Century". The Guardian. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
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