A Guest And His Going
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, small tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: no marking. Binding condition: Firm.
A wry and quietly comic novel from one of Britain's most distinctive post-war voices, A Guest and His Going chronicles the peculiar disruptions that arrive when an unexpected guest enters the orbit of an ordinary Englishman's life. P. H. Newby, the inaugural winner of the Booker Prize, brings his trademark ironic intelligence to bear on questions of identity, obligation, and the comedy of social entanglement. The narrative unfolds with a dry, detached wit that recalls the tradition of English comic fiction, yet carries beneath it a current of genuine unease and existential inquiry. Newby illustrates with precision how the arrival of an outsider can unravel the carefully maintained fictions of everyday life, making this a sharply observed and quietly unsettling read.
Author: P. H. Newby
Format: Hardback
Published: 1959, The Book Society with Jonathan Cape
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, small tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: no marking. Binding condition: Firm.
A wry and quietly comic novel from one of Britain's most distinctive post-war voices, A Guest and His Going chronicles the peculiar disruptions that arrive when an unexpected guest enters the orbit of an ordinary Englishman's life. P. H. Newby, the inaugural winner of the Booker Prize, brings his trademark ironic intelligence to bear on questions of identity, obligation, and the comedy of social entanglement. The narrative unfolds with a dry, detached wit that recalls the tradition of English comic fiction, yet carries beneath it a current of genuine unease and existential inquiry. Newby illustrates with precision how the arrival of an outsider can unravel the carefully maintained fictions of everyday life, making this a sharply observed and quietly unsettling read.