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Hangover Square: A Story of Darkest Earl's Court by Patrick Hamilton (Paperback, 2001)
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Hangover Square. Book Title: Hangover Square. Author: Patrick Hamilton. Language: English. Isbn13: 9780141185897. Isbn10: 0141185899.
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A pitch-black comedy set in London overshadowed by the looming threat of the Second World War, Patrick Hamilton's Hangover Square includes an introduction by J.B. Priestley in Penguin Modern Classics. London, 1939, and in the grimy publands of Earls Court, George Harvey Bone is pursuing a helpless infatuation. Netta is cool, contemptuous and hopelessly desirable to George. George is adrift in a drunken hell, except in his 'dead' moments, when something goes click in his head and he realizes, without a doubt, that he must kill her. In the darkly comic Hangover Square Patrick Hamilton brilliantly evokes a seedy, fog-bound world of saloon bars, lodging houses and boozing philosophers, immortalising the slang and conversational tone of a whole generation and capturing the premonitions of doom that pervaded London life in the months before the war. Patrick Hamilton (1904-1962) was one of the most gifted and admired writers of his generation. His plays include the thrillers Rope (1929), on which Alfred Hitchcock's film of the same name was based, and Gas Light (1939), twice successfully adapted for the screen, the second time starring Ingrid Bergman. Among his novels are The Midnight Bell (1929); The Siege of Pleasure (1932); The Plains of Cement (1934); a trilogy entitled Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky (1935), adapted into a BBC mini-series in 2007; Hangover Square (1941); and The West Pier (1951), Mr Stimpson and Mr Gorse (1953) and Unknown Assailant (1955), which together comprise The Gorse Trilogy. If you enjoyed Hangover Square, you might like Norman Collins's London Belongs to Me, also available in Penguin Modern Classics. 'One of the great books of the twentieth century' Independent on Sunday 'A masterly novel ... you can almost smell the gin' Keith Waterhouse, SpectatorProduct Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780141185897
eBay Product ID (ePID)90877305
Product Key Features
Book TitleHangover Square: a Story of Darkest Earl's Court
AuthorPatrick Hamilton
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicCrime
Publication Year2001
Number of Pages288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height198mm
Item Width129mm
Item Weight213g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorPatrick Hamilton
Series TitlePenguin Modern Classics
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 16 Dec, 2017
A Great Read
Really enjoyed this book. Its a dark tale that makes compelling reading. Not a long book but one that remains with you after you've finished.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 26 Aug, 2020
Dull as dishwater.
I bought this book after reading a review the Sunday Times. The reviewer's idea of a good read and mine differ widely; it was like trying to drive a car everywhere in first gear; so after about 50 pages I gave up.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 16 Mar, 2022
Better still - Hang It All
An odd book but the writing and sentiments are so insistent that you are compelled to read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 23 May, 2024
Very Pleased
Very PleasedVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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