A Bit Off the Map - Softcover

Wilson, Angus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842324381 ISBN 13: 9781842324387

Publisher: House of Stratus, 2001

Synopsis

These short stories depict the post-1945 era of Angry Young Men and teddy boys. Wilson superbly captures the feel of the times with an unflinching eye on character and detail, and the subterranean secrets of the middle classes are devastatingly laid bare. The stories revolve wittily and poignantly around the efforts of the central characters, who, like many of us, feel 'a bit off the map', to find their bearings in life. AUTHBIO: Angus Wilson was one of Britain's most respected twentieth century novelists. His razor-sharp and savagely witty examinations of British manners, characters and social conflicts resonate with a wide readership. He was born in 1913 in Surrey, and went on to work for a variety of organisations including the intelligence services at Bletchley and the British Library before publishing his first book to great acclaim in 1949. He founded the world-famous Creative Writing MA at the University of East Anglia with Malcolm Bradbury in the late 1960s, and became Chair of the Arts Council's Literature Panel and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was also one of Britain's first openly gay writers, tackling the subject in his writing well before the liberalisation laws of 1967. He was knighted for services to literature in 1980.

About this title

About the Author:

One of Britain's most distinguished novelists Sir Angus Wilson was born in 1913. Educated at Westminster and Merton College, Oxford he joined the British Museum as a cataloguer before being called for service in 1941. His literary career began with a collection of short-stories published in 1949. These were followed by other short-story collections, novels and plays.

Co-founder with Malcolm Bradbury of the MA programme in creative writing at the University of East Anglia, Wilson was appointed professor in 1967. Chair of many literary panels, including the Booker prize, and campaigner for homosexual equality he was knighted in 1980. He died in 1991.

About this edition

• Publisher: House of Stratus
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1842324381
• ISBN 13: 9781842324387
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 154