Think of England

Idioma: inglés

Editorial: J. Cape, 1986

0224023837 / 9780224023832

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187 pages. With settings ranging from smart London offices to remote country houses, fro m Cambridge in the early 1950s to a colony of voluntary artistic exiles in the S outh of Spain, and from Highgate to Jamaica and the USA, this new collection fro m Frederic Raphael is as incisive, original and enjoyable as we would expect fro m the author of Oxbridge Blues and The Glittering Prizes. A young couple abandon the rat-race for a pastoral idyll in 'The People in Euclid', until a disturbing new presence imposes upon their happiness - reminding them of what they escaped from, and inextricably linking his life with theirs. In 'Union Jack Development ', the sad tale of Antonia and Stewart - pieced together from letters and diary fragments left in a drawer - casts a sinister aura over the magical Jamaican hol iday house. After weeks of frantic preparation, the entire village of Torreroja - resplendent with flowers, coloured lights and with proud Mayor Don Antonio to the fore - all wait with rapt anticipation to honour 'the face with saved Spain for God' on 'The Day Franco Came'. We meet extraordinary characters from the wor lds of film, theatre and literature - like Sherman Shapiro, 'The Old Pro', who o ffers a budding screenwriter his first chance to break into Hollywood, but whose own life turns out rather weak in the third act; Jake Nathanson, ebullient on h is heady passage to eminence, and rather less spritely on is ay down in 'Quixote Shmixote'; and Magnis Molyneux, who in 'Seniority' addresses himself to his voc ation - literature - with monastic severity. We see how quickly 'the moment pass es', and how flattery, favours and auld acquaintances can conveniently be forgot ten. Think of England is a stylish, subtle and highly accomplished collection in.…

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Título
Think of England
Autor
Frederic Raphael
Editorial
J. Cape
Año de publicación
1986
Estado
Very Good
Encuadernación
Hardcover
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
0224023837
ISBN 13
9780224023832
Dimensiones
22.0cm x 14.0cm
Catálogos de vendedores
Fiction

Book Express (NZ)

Shannon, Nueva Zelanda

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A small friendly online-only bookshop located in Shannon, New Zealand. We try to stock something for everyone, from modern affordable paperback novels through to older and more unusual works.

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Wellington, Nueva Zelanda 6035