{"product_id":"hurry-on-down-valancourt-20th-john-wain-9781948405713","title":"Hurry on Down (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe hero of John Wain's classic novel is Charles Lumley, a young man fresh out of university and wondering what to do with the rest of his life. Feeling as though he has been born in captivity--the captivity of his bourgeois upbringing--Charles decides to escape by setting off on a picaresque and hilarious tour of 1950s England. He undergoes a string of comic misadventures as he works various jobs--from window cleaner to nightclub bouncer to drug trafficker--all the while trying to find his place in the world and win the love of the beautiful Veronica Roderick.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the great English men of letters of the 20th century, John Wain (1925-1994) was a prolific novelist, poet, biographer, and critic whose many accolades included the Somerset Maugham Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Whitbread Award.\u003cem\u003e Hurry on Down\u003c\/em\u003e (1953), his first novel and surely one of the funniest English novels ever written, ushered in a new type of fiction and paved the way for many later classics, including Kingsley Amis's \u003cem\u003eLucky Jim\u003c\/em\u003e (1954) and John Braine's \u003cem\u003eRoom at the Top\u003c\/em\u003e (1957). This new edition includes an introduction by John Andrew Fredrick.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A great fund of comic invention'--\u003cem\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Written with great spirit . . . very funny'--\u003cem\u003eThe Listener\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Wain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948405717\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948405713\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Valancourt Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.56d","brand":"John Wain","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995324711167,"sku":"9781948405713","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_997a4a14-c2b6-4d08-b5a9-331de21c1a5c.jpg?v=1683335179","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hurry-on-down-valancourt-20th-john-wain-9781948405713","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}