false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172017557m/133238.jpg 133238 12 <p>"Hamilton . . . is a sort of urban Thomas Hardy: . . . always a pleasure to read, and as social historian he is unparalleled."-Nick Hornby</p> <p>"A much better writer than Auden, Isherwood . . . and his novels are still true now. You can go into any pub today and see it going on."-Doris Lessing, <i>The Times</i></p> <p>Adrift in the grimy pubs of London at the outbreak of World War II, George Bone is hopelessly infatuated with Netta, a contemptuous, small-time actress. George suffers from occasional blackouts, during which one thing is horribly clear: he must murder Netta.</p> <p><b>Patrick Hamilton</b> enjoyed worldwide popularity during the 1930s. His play <i>Rope</i> was made into a film by Alfred Hitchcock, and another, <i>Gaslight</i>, was a great success on the stage before being made into a film starring Ingrid Bergman.</p> 865124 2006 Hangover Square total:150|5:54|4:71|3:21|2:1|1:3| 150 622 364 35 133238 1933372060 9781933372068 119 24 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172017557m/133238.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133238.Hangover_Square 0 16 false Mon Feb 02 18:55:33 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 19:06:41 -0800 2009
I'm just not that into you. Yeah, our first meeting was magnificent, transcendent, life-altering even! But you know what? I was drunk. I mean, really really shithammered, and yeah, so were you.... At our awkward follow-up date, I was pleased to note that you really ...more...]]> 133238 1933372060 9781933372068 119 24 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172017557m/133238.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133238.Hangover_Square 4 3 false Mon Jun 02 08:45:27 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 06 02:52:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 133238 1933372060 9781933372068 119 24 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172017557m/133238.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133238.Hangover_Square 3 1 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 22:39:01 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 09:22:36 -0700 2007 Patrick Hamilton is probably best known for two of his plays, "Rope" and "Gaslight," which became famous films. But "Hangover Square" (British slang for the way a heavy drinker feels the morning after, as in "taking a walk around Hangover Square") is app...more...]]> 133238 1933372060 9781933372068 119 24 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172017557m/133238.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133238.Hangover_Square 5 1 false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Dec 29 14:29:26 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 14:41:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 133239 0141185899 9780141185897 25 9 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172017558m/133239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133239.Hangover_Square 5 0 true Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 03:40:28 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 06:25:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 133239 0141185899 9780141185897 25 9 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172017558m/133239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133239.Hangover_Square 5 1 false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 06:48:19 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 12:23:15 -0700 2009
This is the lonely, desperate and black world of 1939 pre-War Earls Court, centred on the sto...more...]]> 133239 0141185899 9780141185897 25 9 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172017558m/133239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133239.Hangover_Square 1 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 29 09:24:44 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 05 11:02:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 133238 1933372060 9781933372068 119 24 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172017557m/133238.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133238.Hangover_Square 4 0 false Fri Dec 21 06:37:35 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 06:38:07 -0800 2007

Hangover Square is yet another winning Nick Hornby suggestion from the pages of The Believer Magazine (of which his reviews have been collected in two volumes: The Polysyllabic Spree and Housekeeping vs. The Dirt). It is the story of a group of unemployed people living in Earl’s ...more...]]> 879830 0140183973 9780140183979 6 2 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179147546m/879830.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/879830.Hangover_Square_A_Story_of_Darkest_Earl_s_Court 5 1 false Thu Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Sun May 17 13:40:42 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 01:35:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 133238 1933372060 9781933372068 119 24 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172017557m/133238.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133238.Hangover_Square 5 1 false Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Fri Aug 31 12:36:28 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 12:47:49 -0700 2007 more...]]> 133238 1933372060 9781933372068 119 24 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172017557m/133238.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133238.Hangover_Square 4 0 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 18 10:58:41 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 12:46:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 133239 0141185899 9780141185897 25 9 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172017558m/133239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133239.Hangover_Square 3 1 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue May 29 03:05:19 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 17 14:29:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 133238 1933372060 9781933372068 119 24 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172017557m/133238.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133238.Hangover_Square 4 0 false Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 22:18:15 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 18:43:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 133238 1933372060 9781933372068 119 24 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172017557m/133238.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133238.Hangover_Square 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 20:33:01 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 20:34:12 -0800 2009 133238 1933372060 9781933372068 119 24 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172017557m/133238.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133238.Hangover_Square 5 1 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1992 Wed Nov 12 08:27:22 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 06 06:26:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 133238 1933372060 9781933372068 119 24 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172017557m/133238.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133238.Hangover_Square 5 0 false Wed Jan 14 05:24:04 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 05:43:11 -0800 2009 133239 0141185899 9780141185897 25 9 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172017558m/133239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133239.Hangover_Square 4 0 false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 11:43:45 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 14:22:39 -0700 2009 133238 1933372060 9781933372068 119 24 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172017557m/133238.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133238.Hangover_Square 5 0 false Sat Sep 08 18:46:16 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 18:48:45 -0700 2007 more...]]> 133239 0141185899 9780141185897 25 9 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172017558m/133239.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133239.Hangover_Square 0 0 false Tue Apr 07 07:59:49 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 08:00:18 -0700 2009 133238 1933372060 9781933372068 119 24 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172017557m/133238.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/133238.Hangover_Square 4 0 false Wed Apr 23 09:27:47 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 09:35:05 -0700 2008 Hangover Square is a modernistic semi-thriller dealing with alcohol, alcoholism, slackerism, narcissism among (late-)youth, alienation, growing up, among other things.
Highly recommended by me. I will be after the rest of his works.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=133238