The Slaves of Solitude
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780192813596 (0192813595)
Publish date: September 27th 1984
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Humor,
Comedy,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Literary Fiction,
War,
Modern Classics,
World War II
It seems like I became pretty hopeless in writing my book reviews in the last days. It could be this persistent headache I feel from early morning till late evening. It could be boredom. It could be me.The problem is that now I know that I will not be able to do this novel any justice. And that's a ...
What a marvellous book. I've enjoyed four other Patrick Hamilton novels (Hangover Square and the Gorse Trilogy) and this is right up there with the best. Hamilton returns to some of his familiar themes: London, the War, and fascism. Set in 1943 it deals with the ordinary lives of ordinary people. ...
An interesting read after Brooklyn. The Slaves of Solitude (I just wrote that as "salves" of solitude, which would be a very different thing, wouldn't it?) - anyhoo - Miss Roach and TSoS's boarding house are in many ways (but not all ways) polar opposites of Eilis Lacey and her Brooklyn abode, and ...
This is really a fabulous book. I loved the characters and the unfolding boarding house conflict. I am grateful to the author for turning this spit so well - Thank you Mr. Hamilton!
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