Comments on: Hangover Square

By: Scarlet

Scarlet — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:32:54 +0000

I’ve had similar agendas before, with “kick a Tory” nestled between killing Netta and being happy. As you do…

By: The Curious Case of Mr Faulks and Mr Fry | Blog My Wiki!

The Curious Case of Mr Faulks and Mr Fry | Blog My Wiki! — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 17:09:43 +0000

[...] blank periods in Engleby’s memory are also very reminiscent of another book, one I love: Hangover Square by Patrick Hamilton, which describes a man who experiences blackouts and who is propelled by a suppressed side of his [...]

By: blogmywiki

blogmywiki — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:23:36 +0000

Thanks – I’ll put 20,000 Streets on my Christmas list. Nice quote from Nick Hornby.

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:52:04 +0000

Superb! You’ll have to wallow in 20,000 Street under the Sky next. Nick Hornby says “Patrick Hamilton’s sad, boozy London trilogy Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky, written in the 1920s and republished this year, was a real discovery for me – it’s as if they’ve finally finished the stretch of motorway running from Dickens to Martin Amis.”