Hemlock And After by Angus Wilson
Set in postwar Britain, this darkly comic novel follows a troubled middle-aged man whose personal crises—questions of sexuality, strained family ties and faltering social ambitions—collide with a prudish, hypocritical society. With sharp satire and humane observation, the narrative exposes the costs of self-deception and the small cruelties of provincial and metropolitan life as the protagonist struggles to reconcile private failings with public expectations.
- Published
- 1952
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- English
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(3.0)
- Alternate Titles
- None
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