Twentieth Century

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[close] For readers and collectors of YA novels from the 60s, 70s, and 80s (and 90s? Vintage? Ack.) Does your heart flutter a little when you catch sight of a Norma Klein or Paul Zindel novel in a used book store? Or Judy Blume, Ellen Conford, Norma Fox Mazer, Caroline B. Cooney (not the scary ones), Paula Danziger, Cynthia Voigt or Bruce and Carole Hart? Do you have strong feelings about cover art and fonts? Several editions of your favorites? Are you trying to track something down, or do you know the best places to find those lost gems? Let's talk!

[close] A place where readers can come to discuss the life and work of the English writer Patrick Hamilton, and similar or associated writers. You will also find discussion about Julian Maclaren-Ross, Joseph Mitchell, Lynne Reid Banks, Gerald Kersh, Cathi Unsworth, Sam Selvon, Derek Raymond, Ted Lewis and many more. Patrick Hamilton's novels Monday Morning (1925) Craven House (1926, revised edition 1943) Twopence Coloured (1928) The Midnight Bell (1929) The Siege of Pleasure (1932) The Plains of Cement (1934) Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky (1935 - trilogy of The Midnight Bell, The Siege of Pleasure, and The Plains of Cement) Impromptu In Moribundia (1939) Hangover Square (1941) The Slaves of Solitude (1947) The West Pier (1952) Mr. Stimpson And Mr.Gorse (1953) Unknown Assailant (1955) The Gorse Trilogy: The West Pier, Mr Stimpson And Mr Gorse, Unknown Assailant Patrick Hamilton's plays Rope: A Play (1929) Gas Light (1938) The Duke in Darkness (1943) The Man Upstairs (1953) Angel Street (1966) Patrick Hamilton's radio plays Money with Menaces (1939) To the Public Danger (1939)