The Breaking of Bumbo (Paperback, Main)

The Breaking of Bumbo was first published fifty years ago when the author was twenty-two. It was an immense success and caused something of stir. To quote from the original blurb, 'Bumbo Bailey is a coward and a bit of a hero; a martyr, an egoist, a clown, a debs' delight and a Suez mutineer; a non-conformist Old Etonian Guardee . Partly his own victim, and partly the victim of his own small world, he is Made, and has his Season; and is Broken. Bumbo pursues his career from Caterham to an Officers' Training School; from the Officers' Training School to Wellington Barracks; and from Wellington Barracks to any number of wildly assorted parties. He learns a lot about Sex and Love and Discipline - and a little about himself; in the end he behaves very oddly indeed; and faces, in his own way, the consequences.' This however is more than a period piece, the social milieu it describes may have vanished, but the novel's satirical brio lifts it above its immediate provenance; it continues to read freshly. 'This bitter, ironical and very clever first novel paints a devastating portrait of an upper-class misfit, half clown, half Hamlet . . .' Evening Standard 'Gruesomely funny . . . a violent virility that is infectious' Tatler

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2009
Authors:	Andrew Sinclair
Dimensions:	126 x 198 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	200
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-25116-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General
LSN:	0-571-25116-1
Barcode:	9780571251162

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