Lofts enjoyed reading for pleasure. In a 1981 interview she mentioned her admiration for Palma Harcourt
, an author of thrillers, as well as her enjoyment of books by McDonald Fraser
and Paul Scott
.
qtd. in
Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series. Gale Research, 1981–2024, Numerous volumes.
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Occupation
Philip Larkin
From the 1960s PL
became a committee-man and public intellectual. He rendered service in various ways to his profession of librarianship. For the Arts Council of Great Britain
he served on the literature panel, and...
Publishing
Muriel Spark
In the run-up to publication of this novel she changed agents, replacing David Higham
(who had sold some Penguin
paperback rights for what she regarded as far too little) with the younger and more energetic...
Textual Production
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Notable among RPJ
's television scripts was the four-part London Weekend Television
series adapted from Paul Scott
's The Raj Quartet in 1978; it was shown both on the wide screen and on tv, entitled...
