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    Adam Mars-Jones (born 26 October 1954) is a British novelist and literary and film critic. Mars-Jones was born in London, to Sir William Mars-Jones (1915–1999)...
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  • Mars-Jones is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: William Mars-Jones (1915–1999), Welsh barrister and High Court judge Adam Mars-Jones...
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  • to the plot types above. For example, novelist and literary critic Adam Mars-Jones wrote, "[Booker] sets up criteria for art, and ends up condemning Rigoletto...
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  • "missed the point".Mars-Jones's father, Sir William Mars-Jones, presided over the trial, and Adam Mars-Jones served as his father's marshal. A television documentary...
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  • Pilcrow is a novel by Adam Mars-Jones first published in 2008 by Faber. The book is in the form of a memoir by an adult John Cromer telling the story...
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  • Journal. Retrieved March 23, 2019. Mars-Jones, Adam (2019). Second Sight: The Selected Film Writing of Adam Mars-Jones. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-78914-182-5...
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  • Mars-Jones was born in Llansannan, Denbighshire, the son of Henry Mars Jones, sometime chairman of the Denbighshire County Council, and Helen Mars Jones...
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  • 10) based on reviews from multiple British newspapers. According to Adam Mars-Jones, writing in The Guardian, "Any novel set in post-apartheid South Africa...
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  • after the theatrical release of Dominion. Reviewing the first film, Adam Mars-Jones of The Independent wrote that Sattler is "conventionally devoted to...
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  • Mallon was unimpressed, calling the book "overlong and badly written". Adam Mars-Jones in The Guardian was less negative but characterized the book as a "romantic...
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  • after the theatrical release of Dominion. Reviewing the first film, Adam Mars-Jones of The Independent wrote that Grant's mistrust of technology is "the...
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  • Weekly. Archived from the original on 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2023-03-16. Excerpt, from The New Yorker, April 2007 The Observer review by Adam Mars-Jones...
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  • which he had been working for over 30 years. The book was dismissed by Adam Mars-Jones, who objected to Booker employing his generalisations about conventional...
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    the Christian faith?]. Aleteia (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2017. "Adam Mars-Jones finds Paulo Coelho hurtling towards stupidity as he reaches for wisdom...
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    Christi College, Oxford. At Westminster, he was a contemporary of Adam Mars-Jones and Chris Huhne. Known for his contacts inside the Labour Party,[citation...
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  • "playfully erotic." Summing up the debate in the London Review of Books, Adam Mars-Jones wrote that "Nicholson Baker has chosen as the premise and conclusion...
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  • Koestler (Estate) Dame Hermione Lee Laurie Lee (Estate) Prue Leith Adam Mars-Jones Brian Moore (Estate) Blake Morrison Sir Andrew Motion Chris Mullin...
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  • an additional interest because of Harrison Ford's personal appeal." Adam Mars-Jones of The Independent was more critical, calling it "so preposterous that...
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  • Batman film" that was released at the same time as Licence to Kill. Adam Mars-Jones of The Independent gave the film a mixed review, pointing out that...
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    international rower Tom James, world champion cyclist Emma Pooley and novelist Adam Mars-Jones. The 39 Steps UK national tour The Fitzrovia Radio Hour Muswell Hill...
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  • Lerner Patricia Lockwood Colin MacCabe Donald MacKenzie Hilary Mantel Adam Mars-Jones Wyatt Mason Ian McEwan Colin McGinn James Meek Hugh Miles Ed Miliband...
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  • the most etymological way, a wonderful novel: one full of wonders." Adam Mars-Jones was less impressed, writing in his review in The Observer, "Perhaps...
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  • the Booker Prize and Whitbread Prize.[citation needed] The recognition of Adam Thirlwell and Monica Ali on the 2003 list was controversial, as neither had...
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    Hill. In his comic novel, Box Hill, published in 2020, British author Adam Mars-Jones tells the story of a same-sex relationship between a teenager and an...
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  • and O'Hara gives an almost embarrassingly over-the-top performance". Adam Mars-Jones of The Independent says the film is formulaic but "What saves the film...
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  • of small, quiet and personal redemption." Writing in The Observer, Adam Mars-Jones described the book as "richer in wishful thinking than in the hard...
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    The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 18, 2023. Adam Mars-Jones (July 9, 2006). "What a carve-up". Books.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved...
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  • Review - Januarymagazine.com - An Overdue Debut review by Sienna Powers Review - No Great Mischief by Adam Mars-Jones - The Observer - July 23, 2001...
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    Maclean – Soviet spy Andrew Marr – Political journalist and broadcaster Adam Mars-Jones – British novelist and critic Brett Mason – Australian Senator Alfred...
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  • perceived lack of substance justifying it. In the London Review of Books, Adam Mars-Jones wrote, "There are wonderful things here cloaked with an invisibility...
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