A Summer in the Twenties

A Summer in the Twenties

In 1926 the British government was worried about revolution. Two million people are about to go on strike and class warfare is about to erupt. Tom Hankey is caught between his love for Judy, a bright young thing, and Kate, a fireball agitator. Brought home from Oxford by his father, Tom volunteers to drive a train in the General Strike. When the train is ambushed, Tom is thrust into the darkest and most threatening regions of English politics. Gritty, sparkling, and full of unexpected turnarounds, A Summer in the Twenties resonates and captivates.

â€œInÂ A Summer in the TwentiesÂ Mr. Dickinson, who is best known in the United States for his mystery thrillers and in England for his award-winning childrenâ€™s books, tells a story of confrontation between the rich rich and the poor worker, set against the background of 1926, the year of the General Strike. The very rich are facing the rise of a force they can barely understand. Politics, here, is everything. . . . A Summer in the Twenties shows the body politic balanced at a precarious moment of tension.â€
â€”New York Times Book Review

Peter Dickinson OBE has twice received the Crime Writersâ€™ Associationâ€™s Gold Dagger as well as the Guardian and Phoenix Awards and the Whitbread Prize. He is the author of over fifty books including Death of a Unicorn, The Poison Oracle, King and Joker, and many more. His latest book is Earth and Air: Tales of Elemental Spirits. He lives in England and is married to the novelist Robin McKinley.

Praise for A Summer in the Twenties:

â€œImagine if Evelyn Waugh and P.G. Wodehouse had been called in to doctor a â€œDownton Abbeyâ€ script . . . . Thereâ€™s sharp dialogue, wonderfully grotesque characters, a love story or three. (Judy or Kate? What shall our hero do?) The wit is droll and British.â€â€”Wilmington StarNews
â€œA lovely smooth read.â€â€”The Washington Post
â€œA witty, affectionately nostalgic masterpiece.â€â€”The Columbus Dispatch
â€œAs absorbingly readable, as well-written as anything Peter Dickinson has written.â€â€”The Times Literary Supplement
â€œDickinson (author of engagingly offbeat thrillers and childrenâ€™s books) does splendidly here with atmosphere, with the eccentric supporting characters, with the occasionally bizarre comic touches.â€â€¨â€”Kirkus Reviews
Country USA
Manufacturer Small Beer Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-06-16
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Small Beer Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-06-16
Format	Kindle eBook

A Summer in the Twenties

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