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London 1939, and in the grimy publands of Earls Court, George Harvey Bone is pursuing a helpless infatuation with Netta who is cool, contemptuous and hopelessly desirable to George. George is adrift in hell, until something goes click in his head and he realizes that he must kill her.
| ISBN | 0141185899 | | Weight (grammes) | 214 | | ISBN13 | 9780141185897
(What's this?) | | Published in | London | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Series editor | Phillips, Adam, Phillips, Adam, Phillips, Adam | | Imprint | Penguin Classics | | Series title | Penguin Modern Classics | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780140081916 | | Publication date | 28 Jun 2001 | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Writer of introduction | J.B. Priestley | | Width (mm) | 129 | | DEWEY | 823.912 | | Spine width (mm) | 17 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | General | | Pages | 288 | |
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Simply, the best bitter ironic ending I've ever came across to. - Valentina, Blackwell at Wellcome CollectionThis book is the definitive tale of despair, uncertainty and obsession in the eve of WW2. The borderline alcoholic, schizophrenic main character, George Harvey Bone, acts as an allegory for an England caught between the conflict of patriotism and desertion through his self-destructive friendships with a group of alcoholics in London. This book impressed me so much that it became the focus of my undergraduate dissertation. - James Moorhouse, Blackwell at Wellcome Collection Write a review
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