Inspiration and Writing Style
- Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
- Summer Lightning by PG Wodehouse
- Put Out More Flags by Evelyn Waugh
- The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows by Philip Larkin
- Collected Poems by Robert Lowell
| “ | Mr. Raban's ... style ... can be described as a sort of English Capote: vivid, funny, accurate, full of hyperbolic wit and outrageous metaphor; no reticence at all. But at least as important is the author's ability to make an instant connection with virtually any human being whomsoever. Noel Perrin, New York Times | ” |
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