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A Play in Three Acts

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Premiering in London in 1929 before moving to Broadway, this play, inspired by a true story, was adapted by Hitchcock into a film starring Jimmy Stewart.They believed they had committed the perfect crime. In fact, university students Wyndham Brandon and Charles Granillo were so assured of how expertly they had covered up their heartless murder of a fellow undergraduate, they decided to throw a ... Read more

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Premiering in London in 1929 before moving to Broadway, this play, inspired by a true story, was adapted by Hitchcock into a film starring Jimmy Stewart.They believed they had committed the perfect crime. In fact, university students Wyndham Brandon and Charles Granillo were so assured of how expertly they had covered up their heartless murder of a fellow undergraduate, they decided to throw a
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Hangover Square

by Patrick Hamilton, J. B. Priestly ...

A pitch-black comedy set in London overshadowed by the looming threat of the Second World War, Patrick Hamilton's Hangover Square. London, 1939, and in the grimy publands of Earls Court, George Harvey Bone is pursuing a helpless infatuation. Netta is cool, contemptuous and hopelessly desirable to George. George is adrift in a drunken hell, except in his 'dead' moments, when something goes click in ... Read more

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A pitch-black comedy set in London overshadowed by the looming threat of the Second World War, Patrick Hamilton's Hangover Square. London, 1939, and in the grimy publands of Earls Court, George Harvey Bone is pursuing a helpless infatuation. Netta is cool, contemptuous and hopelessly desirable to George. George is adrift in a drunken hell, except in his 'dead' moments, when something goes click in
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Rope

by Patrick Hamilton ...

Rope by Patrick Hamilton is a taut psychological drama that unfolds within the intimate confines of a stylish London flat, where two clever and self-assured young men host a peculiar social gathering. Beneath the polite small talk and refined atmosphere, a chilling sense of dread emerges, fueled by an unsettling secret that threatens to unravel at any moment. As their guests—drawn from a circle of ... Read more

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Rope by Patrick Hamilton is a taut psychological drama that unfolds within the intimate confines of a stylish London flat, where two clever and self-assured young men host a peculiar social gathering. Beneath the polite small talk and refined atmosphere, a chilling sense of dread emerges, fueled by an unsettling secret that threatens to unravel at any moment. As their guests—drawn from a circle of
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Rope

by Patrick Hamilton ...

Rope by Patrick Hamilton is a masterfully crafted psychological thriller that delves into the darkest recesses of the human psyche. Set against the backdrop of a seemingly ordinary evening, Hamilton weaves a taut and suspenseful narrative that unravels the chilling consequences of arrogance, manipulation, and moral corruption. The story revolves around two young men whose shared fascination with ... Read more

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Rope by Patrick Hamilton is a masterfully crafted psychological thriller that delves into the darkest recesses of the human psyche. Set against the backdrop of a seemingly ordinary evening, Hamilton weaves a taut and suspenseful narrative that unravels the chilling consequences of arrogance, manipulation, and moral corruption. The story revolves around two young men whose shared fascination with
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The Slaves of Solitude

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'I don't know how I became so filled with hate. I find it shocking that I did. Somebody said to me that war affects us in all kinds of ways, and that drinking is only one of them. Perhaps hating people is another. Perhaps sex is too.'1943, Henley-on-Thames. Miss Roach is forced by the war to flee London for the Rosamund Tea Rooms boarding house, a place as grey and lonely as its residents. From ... Read more

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'I don't know how I became so filled with hate. I find it shocking that I did. Somebody said to me that war affects us in all kinds of ways, and that drinking is only one of them. Perhaps hating people is another. Perhaps sex is too.'1943, Henley-on-Thames. Miss Roach is forced by the war to flee London for the Rosamund Tea Rooms boarding house, a place as grey and lonely as its residents. From
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Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky

A London Trilogy

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NYRB Classics presents 3 darkly humorous, atmospheric novellas of love and disappointment, set in a run-down London pub after WWI—from the author of the Hitchcock classics Gaslight and Rope.“Bleak and brilliant. . . an authentic lost classic.” —The GuardianFeaturing a Dickensian cast of pubcrawlers, prostitutes, lowlifes, and just plain losers who are looking for love—or just an ear to bend ... Read more

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NYRB Classics presents 3 darkly humorous, atmospheric novellas of love and disappointment, set in a run-down London pub after WWI—from the author of the Hitchcock classics Gaslight and Rope.“Bleak and brilliant. . . an authentic lost classic.” —The GuardianFeaturing a Dickensian cast of pubcrawlers, prostitutes, lowlifes, and just plain losers who are looking for love—or just an ear to bend
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The Gorse Trilogy

by Patrick Hamilton ...

'I recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a wonderful writer and yet is rather under-read today. All his novels are terrific' Sarah Waters'If you were looking to fly from Dickens to Martin Amis with just one overnight stop, then Hamilton is your man' Nick HornbyPatrick Hamilton's novels were the inspiration for Matthew Bourne's new dance theatre production, The Midnight Bell ... Read more

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'I recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a wonderful writer and yet is rather under-read today. All his novels are terrific' Sarah Waters'If you were looking to fly from Dickens to Martin Amis with just one overnight stop, then Hamilton is your man' Nick HornbyPatrick Hamilton's novels were the inspiration for Matthew Bourne's new dance theatre production, The Midnight Bell
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Impromptu in Moribundia

by Patrick Hamilton ...

'I recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a wonderful writer and yet is rather under-read today. All his novels are terrific' Sarah Waters'If you were looking to fly from Dickens to Martin Amis with just one overnight stop, then Hamilton is your man' Nick HornbyPatrick Hamilton's novels were the inspiration for Matthew Bourne's new dance theatre production, The Midnight Bell ... Read more

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'I recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a wonderful writer and yet is rather under-read today. All his novels are terrific' Sarah Waters'If you were looking to fly from Dickens to Martin Amis with just one overnight stop, then Hamilton is your man' Nick HornbyPatrick Hamilton's novels were the inspiration for Matthew Bourne's new dance theatre production, The Midnight Bell
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The Slaves of Solitude

by Patrick Hamilton ...

“Gritty, real, tough, and sardonic.” —Nick Hornby, author of Funny Girl“Fabulously poignant.” —Sarah Waters, author of FingersmithAs World War II drags on, the lonely Miss Roach flees London for the dull but ostensible safety of a suburban boarding house in this “pitch-perfect comedy” about “the passions and tensions of war” (The Independent).England in the middle of World War II, a war tha... ... Read more

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“Gritty, real, tough, and sardonic.” —Nick Hornby, author of Funny Girl“Fabulously poignant.” —Sarah Waters, author of FingersmithAs World War II drags on, the lonely Miss Roach flees London for the dull but ostensible safety of a suburban boarding house in this “pitch-perfect comedy” about “the passions and tensions of war” (The Independent).England in the middle of World War II, a war tha...
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Monday Morning

by Patrick Hamilton ...

'If you were looking to fly from Dickens to Martin Amis with just one overnight stop, then Hamilton is your man' Nick Hornby'I recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a wonderful writer and yet is rather under-read today. All his novels are terrific' Sarah WatersPatrick Hamilton's novels were the inspiration for Matthew Bourne's new dance theatre production, The Midnight Bell. ... Read more

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'If you were looking to fly from Dickens to Martin Amis with just one overnight stop, then Hamilton is your man' Nick Hornby'I recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a wonderful writer and yet is rather under-read today. All his novels are terrific' Sarah WatersPatrick Hamilton's novels were the inspiration for Matthew Bourne's new dance theatre production, The Midnight Bell.
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Craven House

by Patrick Hamilton ...

'All his novels are terrific' Sarah WatersPatrick Hamilton's novels were the inspiration for Matthew Bourne's new dance theatre production, The Midnight Bell.In Craven House, among the shifting, uncertain world of the English boarding house, with its sad population of the shabby genteel on the way down - and the eternal optimists who would never get up or on - the young Patrick Hamilton, with ... Read more

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'All his novels are terrific' Sarah WatersPatrick Hamilton's novels were the inspiration for Matthew Bourne's new dance theatre production, The Midnight Bell.In Craven House, among the shifting, uncertain world of the English boarding house, with its sad population of the shabby genteel on the way down - and the eternal optimists who would never get up or on - the young Patrick Hamilton, with
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Twopence Coloured

by Patrick Hamilton ...

'I recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a wonderful writer and yet is rather under-read today. All his novels are terrific' Sarah Waters'If you were looking to fly from Dickens to Martin Amis with just one overnight stop, then Hamilton is your man' Nick HornbyPatrick Hamilton's novels were the inspiration for Matthew Bourne's new dance theatre production, The Midnight Bell ... Read more

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'I recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a wonderful writer and yet is rather under-read today. All his novels are terrific' Sarah Waters'If you were looking to fly from Dickens to Martin Amis with just one overnight stop, then Hamilton is your man' Nick HornbyPatrick Hamilton's novels were the inspiration for Matthew Bourne's new dance theatre production, The Midnight Bell
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