The Old Men at the Zoo

Wilson, Angus

ISBN 10: 0140020799 / ISBN 13: 9780140020793

Published by Penguin, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Old Men at the Zoo
• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140020799
• ISBN 13: 9780140020793
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Simon Carter, secretary of London Zoo in 1970, has accepted responsibility and power to the prejudice of his gifts as a naturalist. But power is more than just the complicated game played by the old men at the zoo in the satirical first half of this novel - it lies very near to violence.

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.