A "happy domestic situation" with his third wife, Jenny de Yong, coupled with growing acclaim for his work, including a Man Booker prize four years ago for The Finkler Question and another novel newly shortlisted, are doing their best to derail him.
Has since mixed TV – she took the lead in Damages – with theatre, and continues to be a film star, with recent acclaim for the lead role in Albert Nobbs.
The concept of "difficult-second-album syndrome" has long been recognised by pop music reviewers, with Mumford & Sons perhaps the latest band to discover the speed with which acclaim for originality can be followed by disappointment at brand signatures.
Mr. Thompson, a countertenor, arrived with considerable acclaim for a double-barreled New York debut.
His films have also been showered with critical acclaim for sensitive and responsible portrayals of hidden and disturbing social problems.
Woody Allen has had mixed fortunes on the Croisette in recent years with the acclaim for Vicky Cristina Barcelona almost eradicated by the arrival of To Rome With Love four years later.
With the acclaim for "I, Fatty," Mr. Stahl is riding high, though he cannot shake the celebrity-addict label or the feeling that the rug could be pulled out from under him at any time.
The performers have a huge following in Japan, they said, and were surprised and delighted with the acclaim for their first show in the West End of London in 2005, before an audience with a sizable number of old-school ballroom teachers.
While earnest, serious-minded British hip-hop seemed to have been dealt a blow with the commercial failure of Speech Debelle after she won the Mercury prize in 2009, it has seen a resurgence this year, with the acclaim for Young Fathers, this year's Mercury winners, and the success of Kate Tempest, another performance poet setting words to beats.
