Angus Wilson: The Wrong Set (Faber Editions), Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Wrong Set (Faber Editions)
- A literary master' - Ian McEwan
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- Verlag:
- Faber & Faber, 11/2026
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780571404766
- Artikelnummer:
- 12813907
- Umfang:
- 272 Seiten
- Ausgabe:
- Main
- Gewicht:
- 271 g
- Maße:
- 198 x 129 mm
- Stärke:
- 14 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 5.11.2026
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
Meet a lost icon of the queer literary world: Evelyn Waugh with sharpened teeth, introduced by Margaret Drabble. "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.
