Waterloo Story

by Peter Prince

In a sixth-floor South Bank warehouse, home of the family firm Hughes and Hughes, a troubled young man known as 'Ghost' attends to stocks of hardware while he quietly observes a variety of characters. Two particular individuals draw his attention as they struggle to dominate the firm.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Peter Prince is a British novelist. He was born in England and studied in America. His first novel Play Things won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1973. He won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special for his work on the 1980 BBC miniseries Oppenheimer.

Reviews

[Kris · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a rather peculiar book written from the perspective of a young man who is recovering from mental health problems. This is his story about a company and the people who work there in the department with him.

It is not the kind of story I normally read and I cannot remember why I bought this book back in the late nineties. Maybe because I liked the cover? Or the title? Maybe both…

Fact is, nothing much happens in this book and yet, I did not mind reading it. It’s very strange. I liked the narrative voice of a middle aged man reminiscing after a chance encounter, and the descriptions of the characters that peopled his younger days at Hughes & Hughes.

Waterloo Story is not a bad book. I did not dislike it and it is an easy enough read, but I do wonder at its purpose. I just don’t quite get the reasons for its existence.

[Susan Vincent · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very anti-climatic and poor writing. Would not recommend.