O, How the Wheel Becomes it!: 69 (Green Integer) - Softcover

Powell, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1931243239 ISBN 13: 9781931243230

Publisher: Green Integer, 2001

Synopsis

G. F. H. Shadbold, a lifelong poseur and literary manqué lives, for the most part, in fear of discovery. A friend, Cedric Winterwade, whom he evidently seduced in his college days, writes a novel almost as insignificant and badly written as Shadbold's own literary output. As time passes, however, and the friend is killed in the army, Winterwade's novel begins to be rediscovered, creating panic in Shadbold and a hilarious series of events in which Powell pokes fun at the writing community, academic life, and a whole generation of memoir-toting literati.

Anthony Powell, who recently died, is one of the great comic writers of Britian in the 20th century.

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Review:

"Powell has always dealt beautifully with the vagaries of the sexual imagination. . . . A treat for the many Powell addicts."--Allan Massie "Scotsman (UK) "

"Powell's observations of human behavior are as sharp, his ear for conversation as devastatingly accurate, his wit as trenchant, as they ever were."--Susan Hill "Daily Telegraph (UK) "

"The unmatched serenity of Powell's humor is the product of a classical perspective: confident that the more obvious verities of life do not change much, he refuses to wring his hands at the decadence of the age, contenting himself with the sheer spectacle of human excess."--David Heim "New Republic "

"One of his cleverest, funniest, and most delightful books."--A. N. Wilson

Powell has always dealt beautifully with the vagaries of the sexual imagination. . . . A treat for the many Powell addicts. --Allan Massie "Scotsman (UK) ""

Powell s observations of human behavior are as sharp, his ear for conversation as devastatingly accurate, his wit as trenchant, as they ever were. --Susan Hill "Daily Telegraph (UK) ""

The unmatched serenity of Powell s humor is the product of a classical perspective: confident that the more obvious verities of life do not change much, he refuses to wring his hands at the decadence of the age, contenting himself with the sheer spectacle of human excess. --David Heim "New Republic ""

One of his cleverest, funniest, and most delightful books. --A. N. Wilson"

Powell excels at the long arc. . . . For those not yet ready to tackle "Dance," "Wheel" is a work of the mature Powell, very sensitive to those unforeseen changes in fortune or circumstance that occur throughout life and which give the book its title. --Gerald J. Russello "The Millions ""

"Powell excels at the long arc. . . . For those not yet ready to tackle Dance, Wheel is a work of the mature Powell, very sensitive to those unforeseen changes in fortune or circumstance that occur throughout life and which give the book its title."--Gerald J. Russello "The Millions "

Book Description:

Sometime novelist and critic, now literary hack and occasional lecturer at provincial universities, Geoffrey Shadbold has long rested on the laurels of what was once a promising career. But when he is invited on to a TV chat show, and asked to give his views on love and sex, the wheel is come full circle when the past rolls awkwardly into the present...

About this edition

• Publisher: Green Integer
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1931243239
• ISBN 13: 9781931243230
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128