Complete Works: Three

PINTER, Harold

ISBN 10: 0802141838 / ISBN 13: 9780802141835

Published by Grove Press, New York, 1978

About this Item

Bound in wraps; 247pp. Trade paperback edition.

Seller Inventory # 912587

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Complete Works: Three
• Publisher: Grove Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0802141838
• ISBN 13: 9780802141835
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: VG+
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Firsts
  • Drama
  • Theatrical Plays

About this title

Synopsis

Justin's Haythe's remarkably assured debut, The Honeymoon, has been compared to the work of Ford Madox Ford and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in London and Venice at the end of the twentieth century, The Honeymoon follows a young man as he looks back on a series of events that have caused his life to unravel. Traveling through the capitals of Europe with his eccentric mother Maureen, American born Gordon Garraty has led a life of barren privilege. Only after marrying Annie, several years his senior and the daughter of a North London cab driver, does Gordon begin to emerge from the sphere of his mother's influence. Accompanied by Maureen and her Swiss fiancé, Annie and Gordon finally take a long-delayed honeymoon in Venice but find that the brilliance of the city seems to distort rather than illuminate. The story gathers a palpable intensity before a single act of absurd but devastating violence pricks their happy bubble and lays bare the emptiness at the core of their gilded lives. A deeply observant and beautifully crafted tale, gently funny and tender in equal parts, The Honeymoon marks the debut of a compelling new writer.

About the Author

Justin Haythe was born in London in 1973. This is his first novel. He now lives in New York City.