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Thomas Hinde


Born
in Felixstowe, Suffolk, The United Kingdom
March 02, 1926

Died
March 07, 2014

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Genre
Fiction, Nonfiction, Thriller


Sir Thomas Willes Chitty, 3rd Baronet better known by his pen name Thomas Hinde, was a British novelist. He wrote under the name Hinde to avoid upsetting his father with his much acclaimed first novel.

His first novel, Mr Nicholas, was published in 1953. His second, Happy As Larry, the story of a disaffected, unemployable, aspiring writer with a failed marriage, led critics to associate him with the Angry Young Men movement. An excerpt from Happy As Larry appeared in the popular paperback anthology, Protest: The Beat Generation and the Angry Young Men.

Hinde published thirteen further novels before turning to non-fiction. After 1980, he also published books on English stately homes and gardens, English court life, and the forests of Britain, ...more

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Average rating: 3.68 · 173 ratings · 31 reviews · 35 distinct works • Similar authors
The Domesday Book: England'...
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3.85 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1985 — 15 editions
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The Day the Call Came
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3.58 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1964 — 13 editions
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Mr Nicholas
3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1952 — 10 editions
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Ninety Double Martinis
3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1963 — 2 editions
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Happy as Larry
4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1957 — 3 editions
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Forests of Britain
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Tales from the Pump Room: N...
3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions
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On Next to Nothing: Guide t...
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1976 — 2 editions
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Games of Chance: The Interv...
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For the Good of the Company
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