The Slaves of Solitude

Author(s): Patrick Hamilton

General

Measuring out the wartime days in a small town on the Thames, Miss Roach is not unattractive but no longer quite young. The Rosamund Tea Rooms boarding house, where she lives with half a dozen others, is as grey and lonely as its residents. For Miss Roach, 'slave of her task-master, solitude', a shaft of not altogether welcome light is suddenly beamed upon her, with the appearance of a charismatic and emotional American Lieutenant. With him comes change - tipping the precariously balanced society of the house and presenting Miss Roach herself with a dilemma.


Product Information

Patrick Hamilton was one of the most gifted and admired writers of his generation. His plays include Rope (1929), on which the Hitchcock thriller was based, and Gas Light (1939). Among his novels are The Midnight Bell, The Siege of Pleasure, The Plains of Cement, Twenty-thousand Streets Under the Sky, Hangover Square, The Slaves of Solitude and The West Pier. He died in 1962. The Sunday Telegraph said: 'His finest work can easily stand comparison with the best of this more celebrated contempories George Orwell and Graham Greene.'

General Fields

  • : 9780349141541
  • : Little, Brown Book Group Limited
  • : Sphere
  • : 0.262
  • : December 2016
  • : 199mm X 132mm X 24mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : March 2017
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Patrick Hamilton
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : 823.912
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