Life In The West

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Publisher: Carrol And Graf Inc
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 1889
Edition: Reprint

Description: 310 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. Life In The West -bristling With Wit And Satire- Follows Episodes In The Life Of One Thomas C Squire, A Popular Media Figure And Creator Of A Hit Documentary Frankenstein Among The Arts.

Publishers Description: Thomas C Squire, founder of the Society for Popular Aesthetics, one-time secret agent and successful hedonist faces a midlife crisis. That undermines the stability of his ancestral home in Norfolk. Following the creation of his TV documentary series, FRANKENSTEIN AMONG THE ARTS, Squire attends a conference of academics in Sicily. There, against a background of international rivalry, he becomes involved with the lovely if calculating Selina and the Russian Vasily. In counterpoint to the drama of the conference runs the story of Squire's private life: the horrifying circumstances of his father's death; his many affairs with women; and his fifteen-month separation from his wife. This brilliant novel, sometimes violent and always compassionate, moves from England to Sicily, from Singapore to the former Yugoslavia. LIFE IN THE WEST embodies the best characteristics of Brian Aldiss's writing: wit, human understanding, a fine turn of phrase and consummate storytelling.

ISBN: 9780881845709