Simon Raven
Simon Raven
Simon Arthur Noël Ravenwas an English novelist, essayist, dramatist and raconteur who, in a writing career of forty years, caused controversy, amusement and offence. His obituary in The Guardian noted that, "he combined elements of Flashman, Waugh's Captain Grimes and the Earl of Rochester", and that he reminded Noel Annan, his Cambridge tutor, of the young Guy Burgess...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 December 1927
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english-novelist please
How can I go on with this? Please God, let me win a football pool.
army institutions
I loved the Army as an institution and loathed every single thing it required me to do.