The Saint and Other Stories
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1966
Anyone who likes Alan Bennett is likely to find this collection richly rewarding. It’s almost anthropological in its subtle social analysis. There are characters here that you just don’t meet any more, in real life and in fiction. One story: an undertaker's son who is a travelling salesman, meets a girl while staying out of town. The relationship is complicated by her having a boyfriend. They go to meet the young mans parents but a tragedy means there’s an unexpected trip in Dads new motor hearse. Pritchett charts the shifting relationship and on the way reveals the homely and endearing characters of the elderly parents. Its beautifully portrayed without sentimentality, like a watercolour painting that looks like a simple representation but is actually a portal to a fresh layer of understanding.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Crease and some wear to spine. Some creasing to rear cover. Usual page tanning for age. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1966
Anyone who likes Alan Bennett is likely to find this collection richly rewarding. It’s almost anthropological in its subtle social analysis. There are characters here that you just don’t meet any more, in real life and in fiction. One story: an undertaker's son who is a travelling salesman, meets a girl while staying out of town. The relationship is complicated by her having a boyfriend. They go to meet the young mans parents but a tragedy means there’s an unexpected trip in Dads new motor hearse. Pritchett charts the shifting relationship and on the way reveals the homely and endearing characters of the elderly parents. Its beautifully portrayed without sentimentality, like a watercolour painting that looks like a simple representation but is actually a portal to a fresh layer of understanding.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Crease and some wear to spine. Some creasing to rear cover. Usual page tanning for age. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1966
Anyone who likes Alan Bennett is likely to find this collection richly rewarding. It’s almost anthropological in its subtle social analysis. There are characters here that you just don’t meet any more, in real life and in fiction. One story: an undertaker's son who is a travelling salesman, meets a girl while staying out of town. The relationship is complicated by her having a boyfriend. They go to meet the young mans parents but a tragedy means there’s an unexpected trip in Dads new motor hearse. Pritchett charts the shifting relationship and on the way reveals the homely and endearing characters of the elderly parents. Its beautifully portrayed without sentimentality, like a watercolour painting that looks like a simple representation but is actually a portal to a fresh layer of understanding.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Crease and some wear to spine. Some creasing to rear cover. Usual page tanning for age. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
