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Affairs At Hampden Ferrers [Hardcover]

Brian W. Aldiss (Author)
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Brian Aldiss is one of the most influential - and one of the best - SF writers Britain has ever produced (Iain Banks )

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'Brian Aldiss is one of the most influential - and one of the best - SF writers Britain has ever produced' - Iain Banks

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Brian Aldiss' darkly comic novel is a celebration of Englishness - and of the love of the foreign.

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Hampden Ferrers is an obscure country village, not too distant from Oxford. Its village church, St Clements, is 1,500 years old, and some of the villagers decide that this record of continuity and stability should be celebrated. There are many difficulties in the way. Foreigners arrive - in particular, two Chinese students and an Italian TV celebrity - and love affairs break out, some suitable, some less suitable.

The atmosphere of romance engenders miracles. Slowly, the village becomes involved in magic. Ordinary lives are transformed. Then a threat emanates from within the church itself. The atmosphere darkens as the celebration committee has to decide who is really in command of the world.

Brian Aldiss' novel brims with comic and sinister invention. The celebration is not only for St Clements but for Englishness, for the love of the foreign and for love itself.

About the Author

Brian Aldiss is one of Britain's most celebrated SF writers and critics, the author of the Helliconia Trilogy and Trillion Year Spree. Steven Spielberg's AI was based on an adaptation of three Aldiss 'Supertoys' stories.
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