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Household Ghosts: A James Kennaway Omnibus: Tunes of Glory; Household Ghosts; Silence
James Kennaway
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Description for Household Ghosts: A James Kennaway Omnibus: Tunes of Glory; Household Ghosts; Silence
Paperback. Taken from completed drafts on the author's desk, this title tells of the accidental meeting and the complex union between a white man and a black woman in times of racial tension and sexual violence. Set in a North American city in midwinter, it expands into a universal allegory of suffering and death. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 362.
Tunes of Glory
Household Ghosts
Silence
This volume collects three of the very best works by James Kennaway, the brilliant young novelist and screenwriter who tragically died in a car crash at the early age of forty.
Memorably filmed with Alec Guinness and John Mills, Tunes of Glory is a grippingly dramatic exploration of the glamour and the brutality of post-war army life as the tensions and conflicts in the officers' mess of a Highland regiment lead to shame and tragedy.
Household Ghosts is a claustrophobic tale of family tension, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841951256
SKU
V9781841951256
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-38
About James Kennaway
James Kennaway (1928-68), was born in Auchterarder, Perthshire, where he came from a quiet middle-class background and went to public school at Trinity College, Glenalmond. When he was called to National Service in 1946 he joined the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and served with the Gordon Highlanders on the Rhine. Two years later he went to ... Read more
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