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Chargement... The Old Devils (New York Review Books Classics) (original 1986; édition 2012)par Kingsley Amis (Auteur), John Banville (Introduction)
Information sur l'oeuvreThe Old Devils par Kingsley Amis (1986)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This books was a great disappointment to me and I am surprised it managed to win the Booker Prize. ( ) Satirical novel about a group of aging Welsh couples who get drunk and sleep around. I am sure it is supposed to be funny, but I did not get the humor. It is definitely not my taste in subject matter. I find it hard to laugh at alcoholism. Plus, I think it denigrates the aging process. Surely some people have a positive life after retirement. I am baffled as to how this book beat out The Handmaid’s Tale or An Artist of the Floating World to win the Booker Prize in 1986. I rarely give 1-star reviews, but I strongly disliked this book. Get a drink, sit back, relax and enjoy. Not clear to me why this won the Booker Prize, but I guess they were celebrating 'difference'. Nearest I can get to a comparison would perhaps be Three Men in a Boat - not much happens of any consequence but how brilliantly it's described. As I'm in the same (or even older) age bracket as our heroes, I'm disappointed that the best old devils I can muster is for the occasional lads' day out. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Winner of the 1986 Booker Prize. Malcolm, Peter and Charlie and their Soave-sodden wives have one main ambition left in life: to drink Wales dry. But their routine is both shaken and stirred when they are joined by professional Welshman Alun Weaver (CBE) and his wife, Rhiannon. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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