Basil Street Blues: A Memoir

Author/Contributor(s):	Holroyd, Michael
Publisher:	W. W. Norton & Company
Date:	05/01/2001
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Renowned biographer Michael Holroyd assumed his family was perfectly English, or at least ordinary. But an investigation into the Holroyd past yields clues to startling events and eccentric characters. Fires, suicides, bankruptcies, divorces, unconsummated longings, and the rumor of an Indian tea fortune permeate this wry, candid memoir. 16 pp photos.