"He has wit, style, and panache, in a world where those qualities are in permanently short supply" * The New York Review of Books *<br />"I would rather read Mr Powell than any English novelist now writing" -- Kingsley Amis<br />"Incalculably brilliant" * TIME Magazine *<br />"[A] comic masterpiece" * Irish Times *<br />"comic, satisfying, thought-provoking, addictive" * The Telegraph *

A Dance to the Music of Time chronicles the lives of over three hundred characters, and is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England. It is unrivalled for its scope, its humour and the enormous pleasure it has given to generations. A Buyer's Market follows Nicholas Jenkins, Kenneth Widmerpool and others, as they negotiate the intellectual, cultural and social hurdles which stand between them ad the 'Acceptance World'.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781786090874
Publisert
1999-01-01
Utgiver
Cornerstone
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Forfatter

Biografisk notat

Anthony Powell was born in 1905. He served in the army during World War II. He is the author of seven other novels, and four volumes of memoirs, To Keep the Ball Rolling.