The Old Devils (New York Review Books Classics)

The Old Devils (New York Review Books Classics)

Age has done everything except mellow the characters in Kingsley Amisâ€™s The Old Devils, which turns its humane and ironic gaze on a group of Welsh married couples who have been spending their golden yearsâ€”when â€œall of a sudden the evening starts starting after breakfastâ€â€”nattering, complaining, reminiscing, and, above all, drinking. This more or less orderly social world is thrown off-kilter, however, when two old friends unexpectedly return from England: Alun Weaver, now a celebrated man of Welsh letters, and his entrancing wife, Rhiannon. Long-dormant rivalries and romances are rudely awakened, as life at the Bible and Crown, the local pub, is changed irrevocably.

Considered by Martin Amis to be Kingsley Amisâ€™s greatest achievementâ€”a book that â€œstands comparison with any English novel of the [twentieth] centuryâ€â€”The Old Devils confronts the attrition of ageing with rare candor, sympathy, and moral intelligence.
Country USA
Brand New York Review of Books
Manufacturer NYRB Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 159017576X
Color White
ReleaseDate 2012-10-02
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781590175767

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