Hilary Spurling

“Interrogated by Pearl about the smell of roasting men and whether the Chinese variety smelled different from white flesh, Wang Amah replied…

— Hilary Spurling

“Already a connoisseur of boredom, Tony extended his acquaintance with Salisbury's furnished lodgings and the cheap residential hotels of Andover.”

— Hilary Spurling

“Much of his time at Oxford passed by his own account under a dark cloud of listlessness and depression. He was dismayed…

— Hilary Spurling

“Small, inquisitive and solitary, the only child of an only son, growing up in rented lodgings or hotel rooms, constantly on the…

— Hilary Spurling