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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, Spectator

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Penguin Books LTD
ISBN-13
9780141185897
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Book Title
Hangover Square: a Story of Darkest Earl's Court
Author
Patrick Hamilton
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Crime
Publication Year
2001
Number of Pages
288 Pages

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198mm
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
213g

Additional Product Features

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Patrick Hamilton
Series Title
Penguin Modern Classics
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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by jil_pears16 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.
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by antande972526 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.
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by barnsley_200916 Mar, 2022
Better still - Hang It All
An odd book but the writing and sentiments are so insistent that you are compelled to read.
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