Author:Henry Green,Sebastian Faulks
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SEBASTIAN FAULKS
Henry Green, whom W. H. Auden called 'the finest living English novelist', is the most neglected writer of the last century and the one most deserving of rediscovery by a new generation. This volume brings together three of Henry Green's intensely original novels.
Loving explored class distinctions through the medium of love and brilliantly contrasts the lives of servants and masters in an Irish castle during World War Two, Living of workers and owners in a Birmingham iron foundry. Party Going is a brilliant comedy of manners, presenting a party of wealthy travellers stranded by fog in a London railway hotel while throngs of workers await trains in the station below.
Green paints an unforgettable portrait of a doomed, amoral world whose characters, trapped in the fog, are somehow waltzing blithely towards oblivion...cinematic in its intensity
—— Robert McCrum , GuardianHeartbreaking, funny and written with such luminous prose - he's the most brilliant, and neglected, of English writers
—— Red MagazinePerhaps the best introduction to another great original of the English novel, who learned from Firbank’s economy, but who had his own quite different imaginative world. Loving, set among the servants of an Irish country house, combines his superbly truthful ear for how people really speak with an unforgettable vein of surreal poetry
—— Alan Hollinghurst , New York TimesThe most original, the best writer of his time
—— Rebecca WestThe most gifted prose writer of his generation
—— V. S. PritchettGreen's books remain as solid and glittering as gems- They are not, like so many contemporary novels, mere slices of life but highly successful attempts at making art give meaning to life
—— Anthony BurgessAbout Henry Green, however, there’s an irreducible, longstanding excitement among the few who have read him... With Green, we’re presented with a singular kind of artist who, like the poets of ancient India and Greece, has nothing to offer us but delight. We don’t know what to do with such a writer
—— Amit Chaudhuri , GuardianVery well written and well translated. Alheme is a very appealing protagonist...and importantly, she's one of the only young muslim women in fiction that I've ever found authentic. This is fresh, fascinating literature - and look out for the extremely appropriate last sentence.
—— Keir Hind , The SkinnyEmerging from both the new multicultural Europe and the deprived housing schemes surrounding its cities, this book gives a voice to those who are rarely allowed to share their experiences with the mainstream.
—— Alastair Mabbott , The Sunday Herald Arts & BooksRefreshingly easy to slip in and out of.
—— www.thebookbag.co.ukThis is a witty and tender story told with great compassion that nevertheless manages to make forceful political points
—— The NationalJustly Booker longlisted last year, this debut is a dazzling one-off
—— Hermione Eyre , The ObserverProvocative and comic debut.
—— The TimesA true touch of originality ... showcases a promising new talent.
—— Colin Waters , Sunday HeraldDry, droll and insightful
—— The IndependentBodice-ripping romp through the West
—— TimesMissy by Strong and memorable female characters throughout this enjoyable novel
—— http://meandmybigmouth.typepad.com/scottpackWitty and effortlessly fluid. His books are laugh-out-loud funny
—— Arabella WeirThe funniest writer ever to put words to paper
—— Hugh LaurieThe greatest comic writer ever
—— Douglas AdamsP.G. Wodehouse wrote the best English comic novels of the century
—— Sebastian FaulksSublime comic genius
—— Ben Elton
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