Our Song - Softcover

Waterhouse, Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0573018561 ISBN 13: 9780573018565

Publisher: Samuel French Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

Pulling himself out of the rut of his middle-aged executive lifestyle, Roger Piper stumbles into a sixteen-month tempestuous affair with the effervescent Angela Caxton, and is thrown into a whirlwind of romances and champagne. He discovers that Angie does not share his obsession with their relationship and after multiple crises the affair ends in tragedy.|3 women, 4 men

About this title

About the Author:

In a long and highly successful career, Keith Waterhouse has published thirteen novels, including Billy Liar (which has been filmed and staged) and Our Song (also staged), seven non-fiction books and seven collections of journalism. He has written widely for television, cinema and the theatre, including the highly successful play Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell, and writes an award-winning column for the Daily Mail. He has also published two acclaimed memoirs, City Lights and Streets Ahead.

Review:

'You stay gripped from the opening paragraph ! Waterhouse offers us the unsparing image of Everyman and Everywoman in the humiliating throes of irrational passion. Our Song crackles with insight about the nature of sexual obsession' -- Val Hennessy, Daily Mail 'Waterhouse perfectly captures the excitement and tantrums of an illicit affair' -- Today 'There is no denying the virtuoso skill with which Keith Waterhouse plays out the whole saga ... by turns caustic, cryptic, funny and fatuous. It is a splendid read.' -- William Henry Holmes, Sunday Telegraph 'It says much for the humour and wit of this novel that its author can sustain an epistolary form for over two hundred pages without losing any of his cracking pace.' -- Literary Review 'With ghastly humour throughout a novel wrapped in the brown paper covers of middle-class guilt, Waterhouse provides a painful but complete guide to the illicit affair.' -- Mail on Sunday 'A jumle of contradictory emotions is brilliantly portrayed.' -- The Good Book Guide 20020901

About this edition

• Publisher: Samuel French Ltd
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0573018561
• ISBN 13: 9780573018565
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80