When Books Go Bad

The literary life isn't just about curling up with a good book and a cuppa, it's also a world where Lord Byron calls John Keats' work "p**s-a-bed poetry", spaniels eat the first drafts of masterpieces and gung-ho Ben Jonson shows he's more than happy to prove the sword is mightier than the pen. The Book of Literary Scandals shows that behind the jaunty covers and feelgood memoirs is a dingi