Afternoon Men - A Novel (Paperback, abridged edition)

Written from a vantage point both high and deliberately narrow, the early novels of the late British master Anthony Powell nevertheless deal in the universal themes that would become a substantial part of his oeuvre: pride, greed, and the strange drivers of human behavior.
More explorations of relationships and vanity than plot-driven narratives, Powell's early works reveal the stirrings of the unequaled style, ear for dialogue, and eye for irony that would reach their caustic peak in his epic, "A Dance to the Music of Time."
In "Afternoon Men," the earliest and perhaps most acid of Powell's novels, we meet the museum clerk William Atwater, a young man stymied in both his professional and romantic endeavors. Immersed in Atwater's coterie of acquaintances--a similarly unsatisfied cast of rootless, cocktail-swilling London sophisticates--we learn of the conflict between his humdrum work life and louche social scene, of his unrequited love, and, during a trip to the country, of the absurd contrivances of proper manners.
A satire that verges on nihilism and a story touched with sexism and equal doses self-loathing and self-medication, "Afternoon""Men" has a grim edge to it. But its dialogue sparks and its scenes grip, and for aficionados of Powell, this first installment in his literary canon will be a welcome window onto the mind of a great artist learning his craft.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2014
First published:	November 2014
Authors:	Anthony Powell
Dimensions:	214 x 139 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
Edition:	abridged edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-18689-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-226-18689-X
Barcode:	9780226186894

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