Author:Julian MacLaren-Ross
The key literary figure in the pubs of post-war Fitzrovia, Maclaren-Ross pulled together his dispersed energies to write two great books: the posthumously published Memoirs of the Forties and this spectacular novel of the Depression, Of Love and Hunger - harsh, vivid, louche and slangy it deserves a permanent place alongside Coming Up for Air and Hangover Square.
When Tom Sharpe turns his attention to a very minor public school- the result is predictably savage. Hoaxes, chases, car crashes, shootings, and general mayhem. Wicked riotous humour
—— Daily TelegraphWildly hilarious pot-shots at the public school system and the sacred cows of adventure fiction
—— ObserverYou'll enjoy this wild and, in places, wildly funny story- It is all an hilarious send-up of the Dornford Yates style of thriller with some modernistic Sharpe barbs added
—— Daily ExpressOne of our best contemporary comic writers- very, very funny
Excellently funny
—— Auberon Waugh , Daily MailHe has not written a better or more skilful farce
—— Financial TimesBritain's leading practitioner of black humour
—— PunchThe year's most impressive debut
—— John Carey , Sunday TimesLike Donna Tartt’s "The Secret History" or a good film noir . . . Jane’s low-key narration has just the right tone to keep readers hooked
—— People magazineThe strength of 'The Lake of Dead Languages' is a silken prose that lures the reader into Goodman’s . . . story of murder, suicide . . . revenge, and madness
—— The Washington Post Book WorldPart suspense, part coming-of-age, and all-enthralling . . . A book that needs the roar of a fire to ward off its psychic chill
—— The Denver Post
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