Results for: books tagged ‘Post-war’
Prince Charming: Christopher Logue
Prince Charming is the story of Christopher Logue: one of our great poets and literary mavericks, part of a circle that included Kenneth Tynan and Richard Ingrams. It tells, in ... More
Love and Freedom: Rosemary Kavan
This is a brave book that deserves to better known. Rosemary Kavan, an Englishwoman who was married to a Czech, unforgettably portrays life in post-war Prague, from the early optimistic ... More
Mrs Affleck from Ibsen's Little Eyolf: Samuel Adamson
I know. No country matters. Not in the kitchen.Not on a Sunday. Not in England. After six lonely weeks with nobody but her disabled boy for company, Rita Affleck, wealthy, ... More
Setting the World on Fire: Angus Wilson
At the end of the Second World War Piers and his younger brother Tom are growing up at Tothill House, the family home with its magnificent baroque hall by Vanbrugh. ... More
England, Half English: Colin MacInnes
Tony Gould, in his biography of Colin MacInnes - Inside Outsider (reissued by Faber Finds) - is in no doubt, 'the volume of essays, England, Half English, contains the best of his ... More
Death of the Dark Hero: David Selbourne
The title is taken from an extraordinarily prophetic observation made by Heinrich Heine in 1842. 'Communism, though little discussed now and loitering in hidden garrets on miserable straw pallets, is ... More
Punishments: Francis King
Michael, an attractive young medical student, is eager for experience as he travels to the German University town where he and his English friends will stay in the homes of ... More
Judgment Day: Christopher Hampton
A new translation from the writer of When Did you Last See My Mother? Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Good Father, Carrington and The Quiet American. More
Changing Enemies: Noel Annan
In January 1941, the twenty-four year old Noel Annan was assigned to Military Intelligence in Whitehall, where for the next four years he was to be involved in the crucial ... More
Occupied City: David Peace
The second part of his acclaimed Tokyo Trilogy - and an extraordinary picture of a city in mourning - Occupied City is further evidence of David Peace's singular and formidable talent. More
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