{"product_id":"9780571404766-the-wrong-set-faber-editions","title":"The Wrong Set (Faber Editions)","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSelected Stories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the few things I would rather run a mile than do is have an Angus Wilson character over for the evening.' (Martin Amis)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllicit queer crushes on a family picnic. The eccentric spinsters tempting a little boy to grotesque acts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to the singular world of Angus Wilson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the few things I would rather run a mile than do is have an Angus Wilson character over for the evening.' (Martin Amis)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllicit queer crushes on a family picnic. A nightclub singer lecturing her Communist nephew. Drunken feuds at the seedy South Kensington Hotel's staff dance. The eccentric spinsters tempting a little boy to grotesque acts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to the singular world of Angus Wilson. An overlooked legend of the post-war queer landscape, he casts a waspish, tragicomic yet oddly tender eye across mid-century England. Jitterbugging, espresso bars, spivs, Angry Young Men, teddy boys, satanic masses in village living rooms: all of life is here in these beloved stories. Savage in their deadly anatomy of social class yet compassionate in their portrayal of misfit outsiders, these are mini Austenesque novels-of-(bad)-manners, seething with high-octane dialogue, baroque humour and macabre secrets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduced by Margaret Drabble\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57731668345206,"sku":"9780571404766","price":7.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571404766-the-wrong-set-faber-editions","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}