John Stape

Praise for The Several Lives of Joseph Conrad

Formidable ... Stape's succinct way of dealing with Conrad's 'several lives' must be applauded.

Independent

A Fascinating portrait of a mind-boggling, globe-spanningly modern life.

Evening Standard

Conrad is dead. I finished reading in something like a state of mourning. John Stape has brought him so much to life - a living man, a working writer, not a 'study', not a statue - that one can't help suffering with ...

Cynthia Ozick

Formidable ... Stape's succinct way of dealing with Conrad's 'several lives' must be applauded.

Independent

A Fascinating portrait of a mind-boggling, globe-spanningly modern life.

Evening Standard

Conrad is dead. I finished reading in something like a state of mourning. John Stape has brought him so much to life - a living man, a working writer, not a 'study', not a statue - that one can't help suffering with ...

Cynthia Ozick

Formidable ... Stape's succinct way of dealing with Conrad's 'several lives' must be applauded.

Independent

A Fascinating portrait of a mind-boggling, globe-spanningly modern life.

Evening Standard

Conrad is dead. I finished reading in something like a state of mourning. John Stape has brought him so much to life - a living man, a working writer, not a 'study', not a statue - that one can't help suffering with ...

Cynthia Ozick