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- ISBN 9780571404766
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 05 Nov 2026
- Publisher: Faber & Faber
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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'One of the few things I would rather run a mile than do is have an Angus Wilson character over for the evening.' (Martin Amis)
Illicit queer crushes on a family picnic. A nightclub singer lecturing her Communist nephew. Drunken feuds at the seedy South Kensington Hotel's staff dance. The eccentric spinsters tempting a little boy to grotesque acts.
Welcome to the singular world of Angus Wilson. An overlooked legend of the post-war queer landscape, he casts a waspish, tragicomic yet oddly tender eye across mid-century England. Jitterbugging, espresso bars, spivs, Angry Young Men, teddy boys, satanic masses in village living rooms: all of life is here in these beloved stories. Savage in their deadly anatomy of social class yet compassionate in their portrayal of misfit outsiders, these are mini Austenesque novels-of-(bad)-manners, seething with high-octane dialogue, baroque humour and macabre secrets.
Introduced by Margaret Drabble
