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The Gorse Trilogy: "The West Pier", "Mr Stimpson and Mr Gorse", "Unknown Assailant"
RRP: £9.95 Our Price: £4.92 (subject to change) ReviewsLast but not Least Review date: 2007-07-27 Rating: 10 out of 10 Patrick Hamilton wrote the three stories concerning the nefarious activities of Ernest Ralph Gorse - 'The West Pier' (1951), 'Mr Stimpson and Mr Gorse' (1953) and 'Unknown Assailant' (1955) towards the end of his life. If fact they were the last of his novels to see publication. Anyone who knows anything of Hamilton's life will know that by this time he was totally lost in the alcoholic addiction that was to lead to his untimely death a few years later (1962). How he managed to produce work of this magnificent calibre under such conditions is a mystery which can only be explained by the fact that what he did he did to perfection. What he did was to put a variety of people - the slum-beauty Esther Downes, the Colonel's widow Mrs Plumleigh-Bruce, under the microscope and report their every flaw with the intensest scrutiny. He was a 'dissector of English life' (Keith Waterhouse). Most reviewers rave about 'Hangover Square' and 'The Slaves of Solitude', the two major works of Hamilton's middle period but, in my opinion, neither of these can compare with two of the three novels in this trilogy. If 'The West Pier' is comical in its portrayal of schoolboy life and its reporting of the absurities of young couples 'getting off' in 1920s Brighton, then 'Mr Stimpson and Mr Gorse' is the funniest thing Hamilton ever wrote. It is humourous in its atomised view of pub life, and the way Gorse deceives the obnoxious but intensely real Mrs Plumleigh-Bruce. 'Unknown Assailant', unfortunately, reveals that, by 1955, Hamilton had completely lost his genius. It is difficult to see that it could have come from the same pen as the two preceding novels in this set. However, if you are a completist like me then you will want it simply because it is Hamilton. By all means read 'Hangover Square' and 'The Slaves of Solitude' but do not, DO NOT, neglect these three remarkable products of Patrick Hamilton's quirky genius. Product Details/SpecificationsAuthors: Patrick Hamilton Recording label: Black Spring Press Ltd Manufacturer: Black Spring Press Ltd EAN: 9780948238345 Binding: Paperback ISBN: 0948238348 Number of pages: 640 Publication date: 2007-06-21 Language: English (Original Language) Language: English (Unknown) Similar Products
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