A Circle of Friends
Published on 15. October 2013
150 pages
978-0-571-30417-2 (ISBN)
Description
Julian Mitchell's fifth novel, first published in 1966, is the story of Martin Bannister, whose lonely bachelor life in Manhattan is transformed by a meeting with desirable redhead Henrietta Grigson and her husband Freddy, with whom he embarks on a heady social whirl. But Martin has a surprise in store - a plot twist the real-life inspiration for which Julian Mitchell divulges in his new preface to this Faber Finds edition.
'A comedy that is delightfully human, played by characters who have the edgy vitality of real life.'Evening Standard
'Mitchell is a writer of the most supple technical accomplishment.' Telegraph
'Ingeniously constructed and excellently written.' Listener
'A comedy that is delightfully human, played by characters who have the edgy vitality of real life.'Evening Standard
'Mitchell is a writer of the most supple technical accomplishment.' Telegraph
'Ingeniously constructed and excellently written.' Listener
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
0,66 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-571-30417-2 (9780571304172)
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Person
Julian Mitchell (b. 1935), is an English playwright, screenwriter and occasional novelist. He is best known as the writer of the play and film Another Country, and as a screenwriter for TV, producing many original plays and series episodes, including at least ten for Inspector Morse. Born in Epping, Essex, and educated at Winchester College and Oxford, he would publish six novels in the 1960s (all of them since reissued in Faber Finds) including the prizewinning The White Father (1964), before shifting his focus to theatre - a move which has come to appear permanent.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- LandingPage
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface to the 2013 Edition
- Part One
- One
- Two
- Part Two
- Part Three
- Part Four
- Copyright
