The Slaves of Solitude - Softcover

Hamilton, Patrick

 
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Synopsis

The central character of this novel is Miss Roach, lively and self-reproaching, a victim of solitude and lost hope and the principle object of the heartless innuendos of the thoroughly unpleasant Mr Thwaites. Patrick Hamilton is the author of "Hangover Square".

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About the Author

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.'

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