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Twenty Thousand Streets under the Sky A London Trilogy

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ISBN-10: 1590172566

ISBN-13: 9781590172568

Edition: 2008

Authors: Patrick Hamilton, Susanna Moore

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Before his death in 1962, Patrick Hamilton was equally known as a novelist and as a playwright. Today he's mostly remembered for his plays "Rope" and "Gaslight" (and the movie adaptations of them). While Hamilton's novels could not be described as thrillers, they share with the plays their author's great skill at building suspense, turning his stories of marginalized Londoners into page-turners and earning him the admiration of contemporary novelists like David Lodge and Sarah Waters. In "Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky," barmaid Ella nurses a silent passion for fellow-waiter Bob; Bob is infatuated with a prostitute named Jenny; and the unctuous Mr. Eccles has designs on Ella. A pub…    
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Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
Publication date: 2/19/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 5.13" wide x 7.96" long x 1.32" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

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