An extract from Richard Beard’s new memoir, Sad Little Men, published by Harvill Secker on 26 August 2021 1. Habits for Life ‘The manners and traditions learned by each class in childhood are not only very different but – this is the essential point – generally persist from birth to death.’ George Orwell, […]
Sad Little Men
Sad Little Men by Richard Beard
Sad Little Men: Private Schools and the Ruin of England is the new book by UEA alumnus Richard Beard and published this week by Harvill Secker. Richard graduated from the MA in Creative Writing in 1995 and has published six novels including Lazarus is Dead, Dry Bones and Damascus. His short fiction has been shortlisted for the BBC National […]
