Literary Reinvention : New Generation Publishing : 9781803693699 : 180369369X : 01 Sep 2022 : Beyond Belief John Coetzee (the Nobel Prize winner and author of Foe) I have read your Defoe biography and have found it a real eye-opener- congratulations. As for the blackmailing of Defoe by Elisabeth White and her father, you certainly make out a persuasive case for it, and more generally for a highly-coded reading of Defoe's fictions. Library Journal It offers informed speculations... based on a careful and exhaustive examination of the record... Martin's speculations on how Defoe's sexuality affected his life is one of the book's most persuasive aspects, this reading of Defoe's novels is a breath of fresh air. The Man Himself: A life of Johnathan Swift Edward, O'Hare, Politico The Man Himself is one of those rare biographies where the subject comes across so vividly you can almost hear their heartbeat rising from its page... this is an erudite accomplished and hugely enjoyable biog