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Wilfrid Sheed


Born
in London, The United Kingdom
December 27, 1930

Died
January 19, 2011

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment


Sheed was born in London to Francis "Frank" Sheed and Mary "Maisie" Ward, prominent Roman Catholic publishers (Sheed & Ward) in the United Kingdom and the United States during the mid-20th century. Wilfrid Sheed spent his childhood in both England and the United States before attending Downside School and Lincoln College, Oxford where he earned BA (1954) and MA (1957) degrees. ...more

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Average rating: 4.21 · 2,052 ratings · 178 reviews · 48 distinct works • Similar authors
The House That George Built...
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Sixteen Short Novels
3.88 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1985 — 7 editions
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Blacking Factory / Pennsylv...
3.36 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1968 — 14 editions
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In Love With Daylight: A Me...
3.76 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions
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Max Jamison
3.13 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1970 — 8 editions
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Essays In Disguise
4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions
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Office Politics
3.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1966 — 10 editions
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The Good Word & Other Words
3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1978 — 3 editions
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People Will Always Be Kind
3.33 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1973 — 7 editions
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The hack
3.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1963 — 9 editions
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“suicide is about life, being in fact the sincerest form of criticism life gets.”
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“The American male doesn't mature until he has exhausted all other possibilities.”
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“The bad debater never knows that one explanation is better than five.”
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