Written in the 1950s, the eight stories collected here are brilliantly of their time: the decade of rubber plants, espresso bars and skiffle, of Suez, Teddy Boys and Angry Young Men.
With compassion and deadly accuracy, Angus Wilson charts the scandals and secrets of the respectable middle classes - Kennie, the Borstal Boy mascot of an intellectual clique; June Raven, an SW3 hostess who gets over-involved with one of her publisher-husband's authors; Lord Peacehaven, retired megalomaniac; Maurice Liebig, teenage pawn in a family feud; and the mad old man who finds the justice of God in a hen roost.
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A Bit off the Map and Other Stories
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Publisher
Faber & FabereBook ISBN
9780571253098
Year
2009Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- A Bit Off the Map
- A Flat Country Christmas
- More Friend than Lodger
- Once a Lady
- After the Show
- Higher Standards
- A Sad Fall
- Ten Minutes to Twelve
- About the Author
- Copyright