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The son of an English mother and an American father, the foreign correspondent, big game hunter and alcoholic Negley Farson, Daniel Farson became the youngest-ever Parliamentary and Lobby correspondent at the age of 17, just after the war. At Cambridge his student magazine helped launch Ken Tynan. His first job was as a staff photographer for Picture Post . Discovering homosexuality, he grew up again in Soho, joined the Merchant Navy and then ITV at the beginning of its career. He moved to Limehouse, developed The Waterman's Arms as a pub on the Isle of Dogs, wrote books on Jack the Ripper and his great-uncle Bram Stoker, moved to Devon, met Henry Williamson and Jeremy Thorpe, worked with Joan Littlewood, wrote a biography of Francis Bacon and travelled in Turkey and the Caucasus.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-139780002555005
eBay Product ID (ePID)91127923
Product Key Features
Book TitleNever a Normal Man: an Autobiography
AuthorDaniel Farson
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Dimensions
Item Height240mm
Item Width160mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorDaniel Farson
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom