Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky
$50.21
- Paperback
640 pages
- Release Date
14 March 2017
Summary
‘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’ Sarah Waters
‘If you were looking to fly from Dickens to Martin Amis with just one overnight stop, then Hamilton is your man’ Nick Hornby
Patrick Hamilton’s novels were the inspiration for Matthew Bourne’s new dance theatre production, The Midnight Bell.
The Midnight Bell, a pub on the Euston Road, is the pulse of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349141473 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349141479 |
| Author: | Patrick Hamilton |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 640 |
| Release Date: | 14 March 2017 |
| Weight: | 510g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 40mm |
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Critics Review
This brilliant classic breaks your heart while inducing aching laughter … Sheer genius.
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 - 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 this more celebrated contempories George Orwell and Graham Greene.’
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