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Parks tim biography of albert

          This novel pensively recounts what follows the death of (fictional) anthropologist Albert James: the constant doubts of his son, John, and the daily life of his.

        1. Business & Economics · History · Law · Literary Collections · Political Science · Religion · Science · View All Subjects · Series · The Anchor Yale.
        2. Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard.
        3. Mixing biographical background with astute literary detection, Parks writes also of Samuel Beckett, Jorge Luis Borges, Henry Green, Salman Rushdie, Jose.
        4. A brilliant and controversial anthropologist, the nature of Albert James' research, and the circumstances of his death, are far from clear.

          5. Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard....

          Tim Parks

          British writer

          Timothy Harold Parks (born 19 December 1954) is a British novelist who has lived in Italy since 1981.

          He is also an author of nonfiction, a translator from Italian to English, and a professor of literature.

          Early life and academic career

          Parks was born in Manchester, the son of Harold Parks, an Anglican vicar and missionary, and his wife Joan.[1][2] He grew up in Finchley, and was educated at Westminster City School and Downing College, Cambridge, where he read English.[1][2] Following graduation in 1977 he spent a further period at Harvard University studying for a doctorate, which he did not complete.[1][3] During his time in the United States, he wrote introductions for the dramatisations of novels on behalf of the Boston public radio station WGBH.[4] Upon returning to Europe, Parks was employed initially as a marketing executive for a translation company before working as a