Secret Lives
Three Novellas
Tom Wakefield(Author)
Serpent's Tail (Publisher)
Published on 15. January 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-85242-215-8 (ISBN)
Description
'These novellas are small, sad gems...by three completely different stylists who are implicitly banging the drum for individuality, compassion and understanding. From Wakefield's fat lady who meets and finds friendship with a lonely gay man on holiday in Tunisia, to Gale's tough career girl who compromises her independence, to King's proud Japanese servant, lover of a barrister dying of AIDS, these tales are subtle, spare, beautifully crafted. Tom Wakefield has a deceptively naive style which hides great emotional perception; Patrick Gale has a fine line in pricking contemporary cultural yuppiedom; Francis King has never, even in his early novels, been better on cultural and emotional incomprehension? Mary Hope, Financial Times
Reviews / Votes
All three stories are excellent, and the writers * very different styles combine to complement each other * ' Michael Griffiths, Time OutMore details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Profile Books Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 129 mm
Width: 198 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85242-215-8 (9781852422158)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Tom Wakefield was born of a mining family in the Midlands. His previous books include a collection of short stories, Drifters, novels, Mates, The Discus Throwers and The Variety Artistes, and a childhood autobiography, Forties' Child, also published by Serpent's Tail. Tom Wakefield died in 1997.