Towards The End Of The Morning (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Signed bookplate.
A sharp and brilliantly comic novel set in the chaotic world of Fleet Street journalism, Towards the End of the Morning chronicles the misadventures of a group of hapless newspaper men whose professional ambitions far outstrip their actual accomplishments. Michael Frayn presents a wickedly satirical portrait of the British press in the 1960s, capturing the torpor, vanity, and quiet desperation of men who dream of television fame while struggling to fill their modest columns. The novel's protagonist, John Dyson, schemes and blunders his way toward a grander life, only to find that opportunity, when it finally arrives, is far more terrifying than its absence. Written with Frayn's characteristic wit and precision, the narrative illustrates how self-delusion and institutional inertia conspire to keep even the most restless souls firmly in place. Widely regarded as one of the finest comic novels about journalism ever written, it remains a timeless and affectionate skewering of professional mediocrity and middle-class aspiration.
Author: Michael Frayn
Format: Hardback
Published: 1985, Collins Harvill
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Signed bookplate.
A sharp and brilliantly comic novel set in the chaotic world of Fleet Street journalism, Towards the End of the Morning chronicles the misadventures of a group of hapless newspaper men whose professional ambitions far outstrip their actual accomplishments. Michael Frayn presents a wickedly satirical portrait of the British press in the 1960s, capturing the torpor, vanity, and quiet desperation of men who dream of television fame while struggling to fill their modest columns. The novel's protagonist, John Dyson, schemes and blunders his way toward a grander life, only to find that opportunity, when it finally arrives, is far more terrifying than its absence. Written with Frayn's characteristic wit and precision, the narrative illustrates how self-delusion and institutional inertia conspire to keep even the most restless souls firmly in place. Widely regarded as one of the finest comic novels about journalism ever written, it remains a timeless and affectionate skewering of professional mediocrity and middle-class aspiration.