The Queen of a Distant Country - Softcover
When writer Tom Metfield realises with huge dismay that his novels have become mere recordings of his personal experience, his attempt to remedy the situation leads him to Miranda - once a distinguished novelist who has swapped her glittering career to be a solicitor's wife in a Yorkshire seaside town where Tom spent his youth. He is intrigued to know why Miranda has sold out on her dreams and settled for far less than she could have accomplished. In exploiting her character and lifestyle, Tom finds himself, reluctantly, delving into his own. "REVIEW: 'A novel of real unforced style and feeling' (Times Literary Supplement) AUTHBIO: Bradford-born John Braine ranks alongside Kingsley Amis, John Osborne and Allan Sillitoe as one of the so-called Angry Young Men of the 1950s, whose literature was a protest against class distinctions and middle-class manners. His first novel, Room at the Top, was an overnight success and has been made into a highly successful film, which won two Oscars.
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- PublisherMacmillan
- Publication date1975
- ISBN 10 0330242229
- ISBN 13 9780330242226
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages191
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