All the Conspirators by Christopher Isherwood - ISBN: 9780099561064
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Domineering mother versus rebellious son: polite war in 1920s London.

All the Conspirators

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    224 pages

  • Release Date

    1 July 2012

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Summary

Christopher Isherwood’s debut novel, featuring the first generation of Angry Young Men.

The scene is 1920s Kensington, and Philip and Joan are testing the very limits of politeness and restraint as they fight to expunge the oppression of their mother by whatever means necessary. In his first novel, Christopher Isherwood paints an intimate portrait of the battle between old and young as he explores the destruction of a son by a domineering parent.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780099561064
ISBN-10:0099561069
Author:Christopher Isherwood
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:1 July 2012
Weight:162g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm x 16mm
Series:Vintage Classics
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Critics Review

Christopher Isherwood is back in vogue

In Isherwood’s work, a magic potion of history and invention, the voice is clear, and, no matter how many times we hear it, it always seems to be speaking for the first time * New York Times *
Christopher Isherwood is back in vogue * Independent *
That young man holds the future of the English novel in his hands – Somerset W. Maugham

About The Author

Christopher Isherwood

Christopher Isherwood was born in 1904. He began to write at university and later moved to Berlin, where he gave English lessons to support himself. He witnessed first hand the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazi party in Germany and some of his best works, such as Mr. Norris Changes Trains and Goodbye to Berlin, draw on these experiences. He created the character of Sally Bowles, later made famous as the heroine of the musical Cabaret. Isherwood travelled with W.H Auden to China in the late 1930s before going with him to America in 1939. He died on 4 January 1986. His novel A Single Man was recently made into an award-winning film by Tom Ford, starring Colin Firth and Julianne Moore.

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