SETTING THE WORLD ON FIRE by Angus Wilson ( 9780571248971 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

SETTING THE WORLD ON FIRE

By:

Angus Wilson

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0571248977

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9780571248971

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Publisher:

FABER & FABER

Pub. date:

19 February, 2009

Pages:

304

Description:

A novel that provides an anatomy of post-war English society from 1948 to 1969.

Synopsis:

At the end of the Second World War Piers and his younger brother Tom are growing up at Tothill House, the family home with its magnificent baroque hall by Vanbrugh. Tom is the pluckier of the two, because pluck means overcoming one's fears. Piers has no such fears to overcome; he is ambitious. As the post-war years witness a division in their aspirations and their destinies, the two brothers strive to achieve their own means of setting the world on fire. With rich characterization, virtuoso scenes of comedy, and sparkling dialogue, "Setting the World On Fire" provides a brilliant anatomy of post-war English society from 1948 to 1969. 'It is superb entertainment and social criticism but it is also a poem about the fire in human beings...A moving and disturbing book and a very superior piece of art' - Anthony Burgess, "Observer".

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