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He is the author of 13 novels and two works of non-fiction, including the best-seller , later made into a successful movie.

He won a Somerset Maugham Award in 1970 for his book Monk Dawson.

In 1988 he was awarded a James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his book, A Season in the West. In 2003 his authorized biography of the actor, Alec Guinness , was published.

He has four children, and lives in West London.