The Slaves of Solitude
$35.48
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
13 March 2017
Summary
The Slaves of Solitude: A Wartime Tale of Longing and Disruption
Measuring out the wartime days in a small town on the Thames, Miss Roach is not unattractive but no longer quite young. The Rosamund Tea Rooms boarding house, where she lives with half a dozen others, is as grey and lonely as its residents. For Miss Roach, ‘slave of her task-master, solitude’, a shaft of not altogether welcome light is suddenly beamed upon her, with the appearance of a charismatic and emotional America…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349141541 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349141541 |
| Author: | Patrick Hamilton |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 13 March 2017 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 164mm x 25mm |
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I recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a wonderful writer and yet is rather under-read today. All his novels are terrific, but this one is my favourite - Sarah Waters
I recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a wonderful writer and yet is rather under-read today. All his novels are terrific, but this one is my favourite - Sarah Waters
About The Author
Patrick Hamilton
Patrick Hamilton was one of the most gifted and admired writers of his generation. His plays include Rope (1929), on which the Hitchcock thriller was based, and Gas Light (1939). Among his novels are The Midnight Bell, The Siege of Pleasure, The Plains of Cement, Twenty-thousand Streets Under the Sky, Hangover Square, The Slaves of Solitude and The West Pier. He died in 1962.
The Sunday Telegraph said: ‘His finest work can easily stand comparison with the best of his more celebrated contemporaries George Orwell and Graham Greene.’
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