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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Robson Books Ltd (30 April 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1861059728
  • ISBN-13: 978-1861059727
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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FT Magazine, April 28 2007

"an enjoyable memoir-cum-history...captures an entertaining
flavour of its times"


The Literary Review, May 2007

"As a guide to the period, The Angry Years has much to recommend
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5.0 out of 5 stars LOOK BACK IN AMAZEMENT, 18 April 2007
By Paul N. Newman (St Austell, Cornwall) - See all my reviews
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There have been several books about the Angry Young Men, but this one is unique in that it is written by one of the few surviving 'Angries' who is able to skilfully recreate the literary battle-zone of the 1950s. Not only does Colin Wilson chronicle the dizzying lifestyles of some of the more successful players on the scene, like John Osborne, he also deals, sometimes hilariously, with the supporting cast of beats and rebels, writers like Ferdinand Trocchi and the phenomenally successful J.P. Donleavy, both of whom produced pornography for the Olympia Press in Paris. In time many of the writers fell out of favour, succumbed to drink and debauchery and, in Kenneth Tynan's case, regular 'spanking' sessions. All this Wilson narrates with a kind of sympathetic relish. Particularly useful and fair-minded are his literary assessments. In order to produce this book, Colin Wilson did a great deal of hard reading. Hence he is able to follow through the careers of many of the forgotten figures, comment intelligently on their later works and not merely the titles that once seized the headlines. He tends to judge these writers from his own special 'existential' viewpoint: hence he rules rather harshly on Sam Beckett but is generous and appreciative, say, of the later 'visionary' plays of Arnold Wesker. An essential, bedrock work for students of culture and literary history.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Three cheers!, 25 Jun 2007
By Mr. Colin F. Stanley (Nottingham, Notts United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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At last! An intelligent book about the Angry Young Men containing careful assessments of the lives and work of those involved. The fact that Wilson himself was considered to be part of this movement, adds authenticity to the text. A 'must read' for any student of post-war British literature, it forms the perfect antidote to the ill-researched 'Angry Young Men: a literary comedy of the 1950's' by Humphrey Carpenter and 'Success Stories' the vitriolic tirade by Harry Ritchie.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An engaging literary history, 12 Nov 2008
By Gsorme "gsorme" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
Colin Wilson has written an informative, entertaining and enlightening literary history of 'The Angry Years', a period in British literary history with which he is intimately familiar. The book chronicles the rise and fall of several prominent figures on England's literary scene beginning in the 1950s: Kingsley Amis, John Brain, John Wain, John Osborne, and many others. Wilson himself was lumped in with this artificial - 'press-created' - movement of 'Angry Young Men', so he is well-positioned to bring to life what might seem like a distant era, but one that is actually still relevant to today. It's hard not to look at a history like this with a touch of romantic nostalgia - even if one wasn't around for it... Something about the struggles of these very human writers possesses all the drama and pathos of life in general, and one is fascinated reading about the ways in which they attempt to frame through their art their own experiences and times. Wilson brings all this to life in a narrative as compelling as a novel. He provides copious insights into the lives of these writers and their work, as well as elucidating the context in which his own work arose. In this way, the book forms a fascinating adjunct to his Outsider series, and it enables one a fresh view of Wilson's own opus. This alone is worth the price of admission, but Wilson's ability to engage us in the lives of some fascinating writers in a highly readable, entertaining style, make the book easy to enthusiastically recommend.
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