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Peter Pouncey

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Born in China of British parents, educated at Oxford, Peter Pouncey is a classicist and academic who moved to the US in the 1960s and became President Emeritus of Amherst College. He is the author of Rules for Old Men Waiting.

Books by Peter Pouncey

Rules For Old Men Waiting

'A deeply sensual, moving, thrilling novel... calls for a second and third reading - it is that rich' - Frank McCourt, author of Anglela's Ashes.

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