Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky: A London Trilogy by Hamilton, Patrick

Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky: A London Trilogy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781590172568)

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Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky: A London Trilogy by Hamilton, Patrick

Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky: A London Trilogy

$22.95
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky: A London Trilogy by Hamilton, Patrick

Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky: A London Trilogy

$22.95
Format: Paperback
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NYRB Classics presents 3 darkly humorous, atmospheric novellas of love and disappointment, set in a run-down London pub after WWI--from the author of the Hitchcock classics Gaslight and Rope.

"Bleak and brilliant. . . an authentic lost classic." --The Guardian

Featuring a Dickensian cast of pubcrawlers, prostitutes, lowlifes, and just plain losers who are looking for love--or just an ear to bend--Hamilton's novels are a triumph of deft characterization, offbeat humor, unlikely compassion, and raw suspense. In recent years, Hamilton has undergone a remarkable revival, with his champions including Doris Lessing, David Lodge, Nick Hornby, and Sarah Waters.

Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky is a tale of obsession and betrayal that centers on a seedy pub in a run-down part of London. Bob the waiter skimps and saves and fantasizes about writing a novel, until he falls for the pretty prostitute Jenny and blows it all. Kindly Ella, Bob's co-worker, adores Bob, but is condemned to enjoy nothing more than the attentions of the insufferable Mr. Eccles; Jenny, out on the street, is out of love, hope, and money. We watch with pity and horror as these three vulnerable and yet compellingly ordinary people meet and play out bitter comedies of longing and frustration.

Included:
The Midnight Bell (1929)
The Siege of Pleasure (1932)
The Plains of Cement (1934)

Author: Patrick Hamilton
ISBN-10: 1590172566
ISBN-13: 9781590172568
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Language: English
Published: 02/19/2008
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 7.92h x 5.69w x 1.09d

Review Citation(s):
New York Review of Books 05/29/2008 pg. 30
By Patrick Hamilton
By Patrick Hamilton
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Patrick Hamilton (1904--1962) was born into a literary family and became active in the theater at a young age. He was a prolific writer, both of fiction and for the stage, and a notorious alcoholic. Among his most famous novels are Hangover Square and The Slaves of Solitude (NYRB Classics).

Susanna Moore is the author of the novels My Old Sweetheart, The Whiteness of Bones, Sleeping Beauties, In the Cut, One Last Look, and The Big Girls, as well as a book of non-fiction, I Myself Have Seen It. She lives in New York City.

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