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Francis (Henry) King | | Variant Name: |
Francis King, Francis Henry King, Frank Cauldwell | | Birth Date: |
March 4, 1923 | | Nationality: |
British | | Gender: |
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 Biography of Francis (Henry) King
5,938 words, approx. 20 pages
 The Times Literary Supplement (4 December 1959) called Francis King "a writer perfectly equipped for the short story." John Nicholson (London Times, 20 November 1980) writes: "His themes are grand, and his achievement is to blind us to the limitations... summary from source:
Biography of Francis (Henry) King
4,452 words, approx. 15 pages
The title story of Francis King's latest short story collection, Indirect Method (1980), suggests covertly the way this talented and prolific writer proceeds in his own fiction: the direct method is not for him, despite its success in language... 
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Francis King Information
381 words, approx. 1 pages
 Francis Henry King (born 1923) is a British novelist and short story writer, and a poet. He was born in Adelboden, Switzerland and brought up in India. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and Balliol College, Oxford. During World War II he was a...
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 The Independent - London Obituary: Francis X. King
12/08/1994: 425 words, approx. 1 pages Francis X. King, historian of occultism: born Winchester 10 January 1934; married; died 8 November 1994. Magic, and the groups of men and women who practised it, was the prevailing interest of Francis X. King. "He was one of the ablest of the... summary from source:
The Washington Post Rockets Top Kings Behind Francis, Yao
12/11/2002: 660 words, approx. 2 pages Steve Francis scored 32 points and Yao Ming had six crucial points in the closing minutes as the Rockets almost blew a 19-point lead before snapping the Sacramento Kings' six-game winning streak, 103- 96, last night in Houston. "It was like eating a...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Review by Patricia Beer
2,971 words, approx. 10 pages
In reviewing King's Yesterday Came Suddenly alongside Giles Gordon's Aren't We Due a Royalty Statement? and William Trevor's Excursions in the Real World, Beer concludes that King's “detached” prose style serves Yesterday Came Suddenly well.
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Critical Review by Philip Glazebrook
1,108 words, approx. 4 pages
In the following review of The Woman Who Was God, Glazebrook asserts that King includes too much detail and too many fleeting characters in his novel. However, Glazebrook does praise King's well-constructed narrative.
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Critical Review by Penelope Lively
969 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review of Yesterday Came Suddenly, Lively commends King's memoir, which she feels is an engaging and moving work, in large part because of King's use of anecdotes and lengthy dialogue segments.
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