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- PublisherBlackstone Publishing
- Publication date2023
- ISBN 13 9798212185141
- BindingAudio CD
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages1
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Compact Disc. Condition: new. Compact Disc. A pub gathering of elderly married couples devolves into mischief in this "sharp and funny" British comedy about marriage, aging, and friendship.Age has done everything except mellow the characters in Kingsley Amis's The Old Devils, which turns its humane and ironic gaze on a group of Welsh married couples who have been spending their golden years--when "all of a sudden the evening starts starting after breakfast"--nattering, complaining, reminiscing, and, above all, drinking. This more or less orderly social world is thrown off-kilter, however, when two old friends unexpectedly return from England: Alun Weaver, now a celebrated man of Welsh letters, and his entrancing wife, Rhiannon. Long-dormant rivalries and romances are rudely awakened, as life at the Bible and Crown, the local pub, is changed irrevocably.Considered by Martin Amis to be Kingsley Amis's greatest achievement--a book that "stands comparison with any English novel of the [twentieth] century"--The Old Devils confronts the attrition of aging with rare candor, sympathy, and moral intelligence. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798212185141
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The Old Devils (Compact Disc)
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Compact Disc. Condition: new. Compact Disc. A pub gathering of elderly married couples devolves into mischief in this "sharp and funny" British comedy about marriage, aging, and friendship.Age has done everything except mellow the characters in Kingsley Amis's The Old Devils, which turns its humane and ironic gaze on a group of Welsh married couples who have been spending their golden years--when "all of a sudden the evening starts starting after breakfast"--nattering, complaining, reminiscing, and, above all, drinking. This more or less orderly social world is thrown off-kilter, however, when two old friends unexpectedly return from England: Alun Weaver, now a celebrated man of Welsh letters, and his entrancing wife, Rhiannon. Long-dormant rivalries and romances are rudely awakened, as life at the Bible and Crown, the local pub, is changed irrevocably.Considered by Martin Amis to be Kingsley Amis's greatest achievement--a book that "stands comparison with any English novel of the [twentieth] century"--The Old Devils confronts the attrition of aging with rare candor, sympathy, and moral intelligence. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798212185141
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