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| Patrick Hamilton was one of the most gifted and admired writers
of his generation. Born in Sussex, in 1904, he published his
first novel, Craven House in 1926 and within a few years had
established a wide readership for himself. Despite personal
setbacks and an increasing problem with drink, he went on to
produce some of the most penetrating and influential fiction
of the mid-20th Century. |
| John Harding provides a critical appraisal of all of Hamilton's
major novels, as well as his successful stage plays, Rope and
Gaslight. He draws on the views of a wide variety of commentators,
including Michael Holroyd, Doris Lessing, Claud Cockburn, and
many others, as well as considering how Hamilton's political
beliefs affected his work. The book will appeal to both students
of English Literature as well as the general reader. |
| John Harding is the author of several biographies
including that of the poet Ralph Hodgson. He is the editor of
a recent volume of hodgson's poems and has also written books
on football, boxing, sailing and flying. He teaches creative
writing in London. |
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