PASADO IMPERFECTO
FELLOWES, JULIAN
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Una novela del creador de Downton Abbey.
Damian Baxter es un hombre inmensamente rico con una única preocupación: encontrar al heredero adecuado para recibir su gran fortuna.
Se pone en contacto con el narrador, un antiguo amigo suyo de Cambridge, para pedirle ayuda. Aunque cuarenta años después las cosas han cambiado y él odia a Baxter, decide aceptar. Siempre es agradable saber de un viejo amigo, pero a su edad es más interesante saber algo de un viejo enemigo...
A partir de una carta anónima que Damian recibió de una de sus antiguas novias, en la que se le da a entender que llegó a tener un hijo, el narrador se compromete a encontrar a su vástago.
La búsqueda nos sumerge en el extraordinario ambiente social de la Temporada de Londres en plenos años sesenta, donde familias aristocráticas intentaban encontrar buenos partidos para sus hijas, mientras que alguien aderezaba con marihuana los brownies de las fiestas que se celebraban en el museo de cera. Fue un tiempo en el que todas las cosas parecían estar en continuo cambio, y así era, aunque no siempre en la dirección esperada.
La crítica ha dicho:
«Con su decoroso estilo de comedia de costumbres, presenta ecos de Jane Austen y Mitford».
Sunday Telegraph
«Nadie escribe de forma tan entretenida sobre el sistema de clases británico como Fellowes. [...] Tremendamente amena».
Guardian
«Inteligente e ingeniosa».
Daily Express
«Una novela sobre el paso del tiempo y los recuerdos. Tiene ecos de novelas como Retorno a Brideshead y de En busca del tiempo perdido, de Marcel Proust. [..Fellowes sabe cómo crear personajes memorables».
Daily Express
«Las descripciones de la vida de la clase alta en los años sesenta son escandalosas e increíbles, y resulta fascinante saltar cuarenta años para ver qué ha sido de esos "jóvenes brillantes"».
Richard and Judy's Book Club
«Una elegante sátira social que brinda una crónica muy entretenida de nuestros tiempos. [...] SeñorFellowes, nos quitamos el sombrero ante usted por proporcionarnos otro libro tan ameno».
Evening Standard
«Otra brillante y salvaje comedia de costumbres».
The Independent
«Conmovedora, divertida, fascinante y emotiva, esta inteligente novela es con toda seguridad el libro del año».
Sunday Express
«Contiene sobrecogedores ecos tanto de Gosford Park, con cuyo guion Fellowes obtuvo un Oscar, como de su anterior novela, Esnobs».
Evening Standard
«Esta sátira elegante ofrece una entretenida crónica de nuestros tiempos y un sentido lamento por una Inglaterra más amable y cortés, en la que los caballeros eran caballeros y las damas eran especiales».
Tatler
Julian Fellowes es actor, director y escritor galardonado con numerosos premios. Como creador, único guionista y productor ejecutivo de la exitosa serie Downton Abbey, ha ganado tres Emmy. En 2002 recibió el Óscar al mejor guion original por Gosford Park. Ha sido guionista en muchas otras películas, entre ellas La feria de las vanidades, La reina Victoria y Romeo y Julieta, y ha escrito dos novelas, Esnobs y Pasado imperfecto, ambas publicadas por Suma de Letras.
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