William Graves

Praise for Wild Olives

An excellent short memoir, recalling the magic of his childhood on Majorca, but also showing how hard it is to live with such a father.

Derwent May, European

William Graves's forthright memoir not only gives a sharp account of Father's foibles but offers a fuller evocation of the swiftly changing scene at Deyá and Palma than in Robert's sketchy Majorca Observed.

London Magazine

In Wild Olives, William, the eldest son of Robert Graves's second marriage, has given us a delightful, personal account of life with father after the family's return to Majorca - all the local intrigues, liti ...

Times Literary Supplement

An excellent short memoir, recalling the magic of his childhood on Majorca, but also showing how hard it is to live with such a father.

Derwent May, European

William Graves's forthright memoir not only gives a sharp account of Father's foibles but offers a fuller evocation of the swiftly changing scene at Deyá and Palma than in Robert's sketchy Majorca Observed.

London Magazine

In Wild Olives, William, the eldest son of Robert Graves's second marriage, has given us a delightful, personal account of life with father after the family's return to Majorca - all the local intrigues, liti ...

Times Literary Supplement

An excellent short memoir, recalling the magic of his childhood on Majorca, but also showing how hard it is to live with such a father.

Derwent May, European

William Graves's forthright memoir not only gives a sharp account of Father's foibles but offers a fuller evocation of the swiftly changing scene at Deyá and Palma than in Robert's sketchy Majorca Observed.

London Magazine

In Wild Olives, William, the eldest son of Robert Graves's second marriage, has given us a delightful, personal account of life with father after the family's return to Majorca - all the local intrigues, liti ...

Times Literary Supplement