The Glittering Prizes
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A richly drawn portrait of ambition, identity, and intellectual life in postwar Britain, The Glittering Prizes chronicles the intertwining lives of a group of Cambridge graduates as they navigate the decades that follow their university years. Frederic Raphael, himself a Cambridge alumnus, presents a sharp and often sardonic examination of how youthful idealism collides with the compromises of adult life — in careers, marriages, and moral choices. Originally conceived as a landmark BBC television series in 1976, the story tracks its protagonists across the shifting social landscape of the 1950s through 1970s, illuminating the tensions between talent and success, aspiration and disappointment. Written with Raphael's signature wit and literary precision, it stands as one of the defining works of British fiction about the promises — and limits — of meritocracy.
Author: Frederic Raphael
Format: Paperback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A richly drawn portrait of ambition, identity, and intellectual life in postwar Britain, The Glittering Prizes chronicles the intertwining lives of a group of Cambridge graduates as they navigate the decades that follow their university years. Frederic Raphael, himself a Cambridge alumnus, presents a sharp and often sardonic examination of how youthful idealism collides with the compromises of adult life — in careers, marriages, and moral choices. Originally conceived as a landmark BBC television series in 1976, the story tracks its protagonists across the shifting social landscape of the 1950s through 1970s, illuminating the tensions between talent and success, aspiration and disappointment. Written with Raphael's signature wit and literary precision, it stands as one of the defining works of British fiction about the promises — and limits — of meritocracy.