THE SLAVES OF SOLITUDE, Patrick Hamilton
I loved this book. but I am not sure how many of you would. It is quiet, slow. and lethally wicked in its depiction of life in a boarding house well outside London during World War II. Miss Roach, our central character, is driven from her job (teaching) and her home (London) due to the blitz and takes refuge here. She becomes the victim of a very nasty, albeit rather hapless man, a lothario U.S. soldier, and a would-be female friend. The writing is just so on the mark--a bit like Anita Brookner or Barbara Pym but a bit more acerbic. Miss Roach's trials last for most of the book, but in the end, she triumphs.
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12 comments:
Patti, there is this from Beyond Eastrod -- this week's installment in a weekly feature -- if you would like to include it in your weekly FFB:
http://beyondeastrod.blogspot.com/2015/01/unforgettable-book-friday-don-delillos.html
All the best from a long time follower of your blog . . . R.T.
Patti, it appears you left the link off my listing. Do you want me to send it again?
Thanks!
I just put mine up, Patti. A review of the Winter-Spring 1950 issue of THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION.
Sometimes I like to read those character studies. I love that title too, the slaves of solitude.
I think this is the smallest number of books I've ever read on one of these weekly lists - only 3.
Jeff M.
Thank you, Patti.
Patti, my link is up:
http://inreferencetomurder.typepad.com/my_weblog/2015/01/ffb-murder-on-the-run.html
Wish Typepad didn't make it so easy to put "PM" instead of "AM" in the date/time when it came to scheduling these posts....
The Slaves of Solitude sounds very good. I like books set during WWII; I will seek it out. (And thanks for including my review.)
Patrick Hamilton's Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Stars (a trilogy, involving a man who falls in love with a prostitute), set in London in the 1920s, is excellent, albeit rather downbeat.
http://longwalkwithbooks.blogspot.com/2015/01/somebody-owes-me-money.html
my review is up
Thanks as ever for including my post, Patti :-)
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