Harriss Requiem by Stanley Middleton
From Booker-Prize winning novelist Stanley Middleton. Thomas Harris is on the cusp of success as a classical composer with a growing reputation. When his father, a coal miner, dies Thomas decides to write a requiem for him which is also a thinly veiled attack on the powerful elite. In spite of opposition he finally succeeds in getting his work performed but how will the critics react?
Middleton is a born writer; unpretentious, discerning, intelligent, and virtually incapable of writing a duff sentenceHe is the Chekhov of suburbia; I recommend him. -- James Runcie * Daily Telegraph *
As ever with Middleton, the content is quiet and undramatic but the treatment makes it highly readable… there is never a dull moment. * Sunday Times *
Enlivening and heartening. * Times Literary Supplement *
A sharp and faithful picture of middle-class provincial life. * New Statesman *
As ever with Middleton, the content is quiet and undramatic but the treatment makes it highly readable… there is never a dull moment. * Sunday Times *
Enlivening and heartening. * Times Literary Supplement *
A sharp and faithful picture of middle-class provincial life. * New Statesman *
Stanley Middleton was born in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire in 1919. He published his first novel, A Short Answer, in 1958 and went on to publish 45 novels in a career spanning fifty years. He was joint winner of the Booker Prize in 1974 with Holiday. Stanley Middleton died in July 2009.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099591962 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099591960 |
| Title | Harriss Requiem |
| Author | Stanley Middleton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2014-09-11 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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