- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Flamingo; (Reissue) edition (10 Jan 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0006547427
- ISBN-13: 978-0006547426
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,062,310 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Huxley brings extraordinary vigour and gusto to every page he writes' Spectator
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When Theodore Gumbril hits upon the notion of designing a type of pneumatic trouser ('a comfort to all travellers, indispensable to first-nighters, the concert-goers' friends') to ease the discomfort of the sedentary life, he decides the time has come leave his position as a housemaster in a boys' public school and seek his fortune in the metropolis. But post-First-World-War London seems to be gripped by a fever of hedonism. Gumbril is soon caught up in the delirious world of aesthetes extraordinaire Mercaptan, Casimir Lypiatt and the thoroughly civilised Myra Viveash, and finds his burning ambitions are beginning to lose their urgency-A contemporary commentator coined the word 'futilitarian' to describe the type of desultory, pleasure-seeking intellectual Huxley pinned so mercilessly to the literary map in Antic Hay. Wickedly funny and deliciously barbed, the novel epitomises the glittering neuroticism of its decade. (20031017)
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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Having read my way (more or less) backwards chronologically through Huxley's catalogue it is suprising to me to find the familiar mystical and philosophical underpinnings forming the foundations of this much earlier work. Although Antic Hay lacks the thunderous gravity of Huxley's later pieces, such as Brave New World and Island, his ability in creating an effervescent alchemy of delightfully intriguing, sophisticated and obsurd characters is outstanding enough in itself. The storylines are great and the dialogue between the characters is at times painfully well excecuted.
I laughed out loud on numerous occasions and also berated myself quitely for my own inabilities with other languages.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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This book embodies emphatic evidence that there is more to Huxley's genius than "Brave New World". This story is much removed from his most popular work, but one soon becomes captivated by the eccentric characters of the book. Much of Huxley's vast vocabulary is here, but this proves no obstacle as the plot is so thoroughly entertaining.
You will put it down, because it's long, but you'll pick it up again soon enough. Easily amongst the best of 20th Century fiction.
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A constant theme, or more rather, a constant method of writing that runs throughout Huxley's works is phrasing of the tragic in terms of satire. Here in Antic Hay, Huxley paints a picture of post war abandonment in London where artists and intellectuals are adrift with no certainty any longer. But, being Huxley he portrays this grim picture in terms of satire. The danger that Huxley knew all to well was that people would read his books and see only the satire and like him only as a satirical writer, and not see the deeper ideas and inner tragedy of his tales.
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Short, vivid and very funny
Having just finished reading Howard Jacobson's very disappointing, supposedly funny The Finkler Question, I picked up Antic Hay in a secondhand bookshop on holiday and found it a... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Tom Doyle
Disappointing
I believe it goes without saying that Antic Hay is not in the same league as Brave New World, but having also read Eyeless in Gaza I still had fairly high hopes for Antic Hay. Read more
Published 17 months ago by EmmaM2006
World War I Aftermath
A great sadness permeates this book, but it remains a comic novel. The tragedy of the First World War is still fresh and the book's characters are still feeling, or trying not to... Read more
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