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Book Title
Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Publication Name
The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Title
The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Author
Evelyn Waugh
Format
Trade Paperback
ISBN-10
0316216666
EAN
9780316216661
ISBN
9780316216661
Publisher
Little Brown & Company
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Psychological, Satire, Literary
Release Year
2012
Release Date
11/12/2012
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
0.8in
Item Length
8.2in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
7.1 Oz
Publication Year
2012
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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"The very model of the modern paranoid novel" ( New York Times ) and an ambitious work of semi-autobiographical fiction from one of England's greatest novelists. Gilbert Pinfold is a reclusive Catholic novelist suffering from acute inertia. In an attempt to defeat insomnia he has been imbibing an unappetizing cocktail of bromide, chloral, and creme de menthe. He books a passage on the SS Caliban and, as it cruises towards Ceylon, rapidly slips into madness. Almost as soon as the gangplank lifts, Pinfold hears sounds coming out of the ceiling of his cabin: wild jazz bands, barking dogs, and loud revival meetings. He is convinced that an erratic public-address system is letting him hear everything that goes on aboard ship . . . until instead of just sounds he hears voices. And not just any voices. These voices are talking, in the most frighteningly intimate way, about him

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Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316216666
ISBN-13
9780316216661
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117180467

Product Key Features

Book Title
Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Author
Evelyn Waugh
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Satire, Literary
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
224 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
7.1 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Pr6045.A97o73 2012
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"Waugh's 'portrait of the artist in middle age' . . . is a genuine gothic horror, a gargoyle to terrify anyone who has ever contemplated a literary career. . . . The acid bath so often prepared for others has now found its way into his own tub. . . . Waugh draws an intimate picture of a distinguished author at bay." -- Gerald Sykes , New York Times Book Review, A masterpiece. . . . Waugh's clear-sightedness about himself . . . is something which, in this taut, brilliantly phrased and crafted story, is itself an assertion of order out of chaos., "Waugh's 'portrait of the artist in middle age' . . . is a genuine gothic horror, a gargoyle to terrify anyone who has ever contemplated a literary career. . . . The acid bath so often prepared for others has now found its way into his own tub. . . . Waugh draws an intimate picture of a distinguished author at bay."-- Gerald Sykes, New York Times Book Review, "A masterpiece. . . . Waugh's clear-sightedness about himself . . . is something which, in this taut, brilliantly phrased and crafted story, is itself an assertion of order out of chaos." -- A. N. Wilson , -, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold is a masterpiece of self-portraiture, one of the very best in English fiction., "Waugh's 'portrait of the artist in middle age' . . . is a genuine gothic horror, a gargoyle to terrify anyone who has ever contemplated a literary career. . . . The acid bath so often prepared for others has now found its way into his own tub. . . . Waugh draws an intimate picture of a distinguished author at bay."-- Gerald Sykes , New York Times Book Review, " The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold is a masterpiece of self-portraiture, one of the very best in English fiction."-- John Bailey , -, Waugh's 'portrait of the artist in middle age' . . . is a genuine gothic horror, a gargoyle to terrify anyone who has ever contemplated a literary career. . . . The acid bath so often prepared for others has now found its way into his own tub. . . . Waugh draws an intimate picture of a distinguished author at bay., "A masterpiece. . . . Waugh's clear-sightedness about himself . . . is something which, in this taut, brilliantly phrased and crafted story, is itself an assertion of order out of chaos."-- A. N. Wilson, " The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold is a masterpiece of self-portraiture, one of the very best in English fiction."-- John Bailey
Copyright Date
2012
Lccn
2012-033521
Dewey Decimal
822/.914
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
19

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