Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Hardcover first edition - New York:: The Viking Press,, (1973.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First US printing. An entertaining novel - but one which is also a critique of modern society - one reviewer called it "Dickensian... not only in the sense that it has a strong sense of social purpose but because the author is showing a wonderful skill in creating a whole range of brilliantly realized characters." Dust jacket praise from Jonathan Raban and Michael Moorcock, among others. 415 pp.

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One of Britain's most distinguished novelists Sir Angus Wilson was born in 1913. Educated at Westminster and Merton College, Oxford he joined the British Museum as a cataloguer before being called for service in 1941. His literary career began with a collection of short-stories published in 1949. These were followed by other short-story collections, novels and plays. Co-founder with Malcolm Bradbury of the MA programme in creative writing at the University of East Anglia, Wilson was appointed professor in 1967. Chair of many literary panels, including the Booker prize, and campaigner for homosexual equality he was knighted in 1980. He died in 1991.

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