There Is a Happy Land Contributor(s): Waterhouse, Keith (Author), Hagerty, Bill (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1939140617 ISBN-13: 9781939140616 Publisher: Valancourt Books OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
Dewey: 823.914 |
LCCN: 2013026516 |
Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.37 lbs) 152 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: ' A]mong the few great writers of our time.' - Auberon Waugh, The Independent 'He gets into the mind of his eleven-year-old, sees the world from the height of three foot six . . . The book is vivid, accurate, perceptive . . . how brilliant - and how honestly - the author makes his original effect.' - The Observer 'An exceptionally talented novelist.' - The Sunday Times 'Remarkable for the deep and unwavering insight it gives into child behaviour . . . the candour of his vision and the cunning of his art are such that he captures the very essence of the eleven-minus mind.' - The Times Inspired by its author's own childhood experiences, this moving novel is the story of a fateful few weeks in the life of an eleven-year-old boy on a public housing estate. When an eccentric man who is unusually fond of children (they nickname him 'Uncle Mad') moves onto the estate, the wheels of tragedy are set in motion, a tragedy made especially poignant because we experience it through the eyes of the young narrator, who is incapable of fully understanding the significance of the terrible events unfolding around him . . . Although Keith Waterhouse (1929-2009) is best known for his classic comic novel Billy Liar (1959), many critics believe his first novel, There is a Happy Land (1957), is his best. This edition is the first ever published in the United States and includes a new introduction by Bill Hagerty and the original jacket art by William Belcher. |