'We're a group, like in Mary McCarthy', says one of the girls in
the Clique. On the other hand, their style may remind you more of
Evelyn Waugh's Bright Young Things. And their know-all panache has
a touch of J. D. Salinger's quiz-kid Glass family. But The Clique
is unmistakably a satire for its own time. Gunby Goater, an
up-and-coming reporter, 'hot or at any rate warmish' from the
provinces, arrives in Fleet Street, keen for a taste of the
fabulous Sixties. His assignment at the deathbed of the Last Great
Englishman leads him into a series of adventures with the Clique,
who alternately humiliate and delight him. From the author of The
Man Who Rode Ampersand, The Clique is a novel of exuberant wit
trained sharply, though not without affection, upon a variety of
phonies, conmen, topers and hacks.
General
| Imprint: |
Faber and Faber
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
February 2010 |
| First published: |
February 2010 |
| Authors: |
Ferdinand Mount
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 135 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
230 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-571-25974-8 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-571-25974-X |
| Barcode: |
9780571259748 |
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