The Unspeakable Skipton
the modern classic
$34.48
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
8 October 2018
Summary
The Unspeakable Skipton: A Wickedly Funny Tragicomedy
‘Witty, satirical and deftly malicious’ Anthony Burgess
Described by the New York Times upon her death as ‘one of Britain’s best-known novelists’, delve into the sparkling and satirical world of Pamela Hansford Johnson with this wickedly funny tragicomedy about a destitute English author living in Bruges.
‘A maliciously witty account of literary skulduggery and loft prete…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473679894 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473679893 |
| Author: | Pamela Hansford Johnson |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 8 October 2018 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 16mm |
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Critics Review
Very funny - Independent
Remarkable - GuardianWitty, satirical and deftly maliciousA maliciously witty account of literary skulduggery and lofty pretensions - TLSA remarkable craftswomanMiss Johnson is one of the most accomplished of the English women writers - KirkusHansford Johnson at her wittiest is Waugh mingled with Malcolm BradburyA writer whose memory fully deserves to be kept aliveAbout The Author
Pamela Hansford Johnson
Pamela Hansford Johnson was born in 1912. As a novelist, she gained recognition with her first novel, This Bed Thy Centre, published in 1935. She then went on to write 26 more novels throughout her life, ranging in genre from romantic and high comedy to tragedy, and the psychological study of cruelty, with themes centred around the moral responsibility of the individual in their personal and social relations. She was also a well-respected critic, a leading Proustian scholar, an essayist, a playwright, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a CBE. She died in 1981.
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