Midsummer Night in the Workhouse (Paperback)

Amongst editors, Diana Athill enjoyed a near-legendary status, enabling talents such as John Updike, Jean Rhys and V.S. Naipaul to reach extraordinary literary heights. Synonymous with publisher André Deutsch, Athill underpinned a writing revolution. All this, however, was in parallel with a flourishing genius of her own. 1962’s Instead of a Letter was a bold, unusual, and incredibly cathartic memoir of love and loss; several decades later, Athill released a string of unforgettable life accounts, including tales of her craft in 2000’s Stet and the astonishing clarity of 2015's Alive, Alive Oh!