Description: Twopence Coloured by Patrick Hamilton Abacus is reissuing all of Patrick Hamiltons novels, to bring them to a new audience. Twopence Coloured, Hamiltons second novel, relishes in London - the vast, thronged, unknown, hooting, electric-lit, dark-rumbling metropolis. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description I recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a wonderful writer and yet is rather under-read today. All his novels are terrific Sarah WatersIf you were looking to fly from Dickens to Martin Amis with just one overnight stop, then Hamilton is your man Nick HornbyPatrick Hamiltons novels were the inspiration for Matthew Bournes new dance theatre production, The Midnight Bell.West Kensington - grey area of rot, and caretaking, and cat-slinking basements. West Kensington - drab asylum for the driven and cast-off genteel! Patrick Hamilton was acutely conscious that his third novel (first published in 1928) was longer and much grimmer than his previous and well-received productions. Twopence Coloured is the story of nineteen-year-old Jackie Mortimer, who leaves Hove in search of a life on the London stage, only to become entangled in provincial theatre and complex affairs of the heart with two brothers, Richard and Charles Gissing. The novel, unavailable for many years, is a gimlet-eyed portrait of the theatrical vocation, and fully exhibits Hamiltons celebrated gift for conjuring London - the vast, thronged, unknown, hooting, electric-lit, dark-rumbling metropolis. Flap West Kensington - grey area of rot, and caretaking, and cat-slinking basements. West Kensington - drab asylum for the driven and cast-off genteel! Twopence Coloured is the story of nineteen-year-old Jackie Mortimer, who leaves Hove in search of a life on the London stage, only to become entangled in provincial theatre and complex affairs of the heart with two brothers, Richard and Charles Gissing. This novel, unavailable for many years, is a gimlet-eyed portrait of the theatrical vocation, and fully exhibits Hamiltons celebrated gift for conjuring London - the vast, thronged, unknown, hooting, electric-lit, dark-rumbling metropolis. I recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a wonderful writer and yet is rather under-read today. All his novels are terrific Sarah Waters Hamilton is a master at reproducing the inflated talk of betrayed lives Independent If you were looking to fly from Dickens to Martin Amis with just one overnight stop, then Hamilton is your man Nick Hornby Author Biography Patrick Hamilton was one of the most gifted and admired writers of his generation. His plays include Rope (1929), on which the Hitchcock thriller was based, and Gas Light (1939). Among his novels are The Midnight Bell, The Siege of Pleasure, The Plains of Cement, Twenty-thousand Streets Under the Sky, Hangover Square, The Slaves of Solitude and The West Pier. He died in 1962.The Sunday Telegraph said: His finest work can easily stand comparison with the best of this more celebrated contempories George Orwell and Graham Greene. Review Hamiltons third novel takes its name from a toy theatre and constructs a between-the-wars stage set of dreary provincial fleapit and transient West End glitter from personal experience of a profession that would dazzle, exhault and thwart him. The story of awkward ingenue Jackie begins, as did Hamilton, in Hove, from where she persues her dream to West Kensington, future backdrop of the authors greatest dramas. Jackies fate is set as she steps on the train and meets Richard, a seasoned actor who will become her mentor and then lover - but not until she has "travelled not less than 20,000 miles" in rep, across the "infinite piquancies and horrors" of "Sunday England" - Guardian Long Description I recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a wonderful writer and yet is rather under-read today. All his novels are terrific Sarah Waters If you were looking to fly from Dickens to Martin Amis with just one overnight stop, then Hamilton is your man Nick Hornby Patrick Hamiltons novels were the inspiration for Matthew Bournes new dance theatre production, The Midnight Bell . West Kensington - grey area of rot, and caretaking, and cat-slinking basements. West Kensington - drab asylum for the driven and cast-off genteel! Patrick Hamilton was acutely conscious that his third novel (first published in 1928) was longer and much grimmer than his previous and well-received productions. Twopence Coloured is the story of nineteen-year-old Jackie Mortimer, who leaves Hove in search of a life on the London stage, only to become entangled in provincial theatre and complex affairs of the heart with two brothers, Richard and Charles Gissing. The novel, unavailable for many years, is a gimlet-eyed portrait of the theatrical vocation, and fully exhibits Hamiltons celebrated gift for conjuring London - the vast, thronged, unknown, hooting, electric-lit, dark-rumbling metropolis. Review Quote Hamiltons third novel takes its name from a toy theatre and constructs a between-the-wars stage set of dreary provincial fleapit and transient West End glitter from personal experience of a profession that would dazzle, exhault and thwart him. The story of awkward ingenue Jackie begins, as did Hamilton, in Hove, from where she persues her dream to West Kensington, future backdrop of the authors greatest dramas. Jackies fate is set as she steps on the train and meets Richard, a seasoned actor who will become her mentor and then lover - but not until she has "travelled not less than 20,000 miles" in rep, across the "infinite piquancies and horrors" of "Sunday England" - Guardian Promotional "Headline" Abacus is reissuing all of Patrick Hamiltons novels, to bring them to a new audience. Twopence Coloured , Hamiltons second novel, relishes in London - the vast, thronged, unknown, hooting, electric-lit, dark-rumbling metropolis. Details ISBN0349141606 Author Patrick Hamilton Publisher Little, Brown Book Group Year 2018 ISBN-10 0349141606 ISBN-13 9780349141602 Format Paperback Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Publication Date 2018-08-02 Pages 528 Media Book DEWEY 823.912 Language English UK Release Date 2018-08-02 Imprint Abacus Audience General NZ Release Date 2018-08-01 AU Release Date 2018-08-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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Book Title: Twopence Coloured
Item Height: 196mm
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Author: Patrick Hamilton
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Language: English
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Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Publication Year: 2018
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Number of Pages: 528 Pages