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Hangover Square
- Narrated by: Piers Hampton
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
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Summary
London, 1939, and in the grimy publands of Earl's Court, George Harvey Bone is pursuing a helpless infatuation.
Netta is cool, contemptuous and hopelessly desirable to George. George is adrift in a drunken hell except in his dead moments, when something goes click in his head and he realises, without a doubt, that he must kill her.
In the darkly comic Hangover Square, Patrick Hamilton brilliantly evokes a seedy, fog-bound world of saloon bars, lodging houses and boozing philosophers, immortalising the slang and conversational tone of a whole generation and capturing the premonitions of doom that pervaded London life in the months before the war.
Critic reviews
"I recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a wonderful writer and yet is rather under-read today. All his novels are terrific." (Sarah Waters)
"If you were looking to fly from Dickens to Martin Amis with just one overnight stop, then Hamilton is your man." (Nick Hornby)
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- Ina Jones
- 28-11-18
Best book I've listened to for years exquisite x
This was truly an brilliant book. Not only did it bring to life London in 1939 but the plot was so unusual. I absolutely LOVED it.
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- JulianC
- 16-08-17
Fascinating study on relationships pre-war
Beautifully read, the story has a mesmerising rhythm that draws you along to the climax. The details of Pre-WWII London are fascinating 75 years on
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- pippa :)
- 30-08-23
Brilliant
Amazing book and very well read. I felt every emotion with George and lived the historical setting in seedy Earl’s Court.
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- Stormbringer McManus
- 06-10-17
Sublime and Melancholy
A flawless performance of a beautiful book. So evocative and sad. One of my favourite audible experiences
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- miss o shardlow
- 11-03-23
Masterpiece
Piers Hampton brought the characters to life with such brilliance. Gentle Jonny and sharp spiky Netta. I found the reading wonderful. Loved it so much!
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- PB
- 04-03-24
Brilliantly narrated
Fabulous book. Made even better by the narrator. Felt like I was watching a film.
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- JF7588
- 03-04-17
Fine novel
This is a fine, sad novel, beautifully read - nuanced and attentive to Hamilton's prose: bitter, bleak and involving
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- Lord Copper
- 30-06-20
Bleakly brilliant
Hamilton writes evocatively of despair, drinking, general London seediness on the cusp of WW2. Netta is one of fiction’s great monsters. George is a lost soul, sliding into mental illness as the country drifts as inexorably into war. The narrator Piers Hampton, is superb.
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- Violet
- 31-12-19
A haunting read
Oh, I loved this book. The reading was superb and well paced, with a terrific atmosphere - I finished it months ago but it it still plays on my mind. I keep hoping I’ll forget some of it so I can hear it all again... lucky people reading it for the first time.
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- Tiddle
- 10-01-22
Hangover Square
Really enjoyed the descriptive writing of these book and whilst it conveyed life in London pre war I felt it lacked atmosphere.
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