Alligator Playground

by Alan Sillitoe

From one of England's greatest living writers comes a new collection of exquisitely formed stories set in life's great playground. Relationships -- clandestine and legitimate -- are the boorish chaps and their stalwart women ululate and hum; marriages and infidelities tick-tock and tick over; Fitzrovian passion flares; strong men turn to drink. Love, sex, loss, are captured in Mr Sillitoe's inimitable style. As well as the general theme of the union of the sexes, we have inspired insights into birth, boyhood, bereavement and aloneness in a collection of perfectly narrated observations, in which the reader participates in each extraordinary experience.

Genres: Fiction

262 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Alan Sillitoe was an English writer, one of the "Angry Young Men" of the 1950s (although he, in common with most of the other writers to whom the label was applied, had never welcomed it).
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Reviews

[RYD · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really like Alan Sillitoe, though this collection of short stories wasn't my favorite writing of his.

[Andy N · Rating 4 out of 5]

bit of a mixed bag for me, although I think I preferred his earlier stuff, i loved the main story, and a few of the shorter pieces.