Synopsis
This wartime story of loneliness and homeless peole is set in an English boarding-house run by a thrifty widow. The effects of war on this isolated group--particularly the entrance of an American serviceman into lonely Miss Roach's life--are aptly told.
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Review
Dark, hilarious & utterly brilliant (Val Hennessy Daily Mail)
Patrick Hamilton's tale of life in a wartime boarding house strikes the perfect balance between poignancy and dark hilarity (Rachel Cooke Guardian)
A claustrophobic, drily comic classic (Fiona Wilson The Times)
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The classic novel from the author of Rope and Hangover Square.
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