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The key literary figure in the pubs of post-war Fitzrovia, Maclaren-Ross pulled together his dispersed energies to write two great books: the posthumously published Memoirs of the Forties and this spectacular novel of the Depression, Of Love and Hunger - harsh, vivid, louche and slangy it deserves a permanent place alongside Coming Up for Air and Hangover Square.
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Julian Maclaren-Ross (1912-1964) is best known for his novel OF LOVE AND HUNGER and his MEMOIRS OF THE FORTIES.
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have just finished reading this book and found it enchanting and one of the finest novels I have read in a long time. The characters are wonderfully constructed, especially the two central characters Fanshawe and Sukie, whose affair comes about in such an understandable and believable way that I felt each emotion in the pit of my stomach.
Julian McClaren Ross never tries to do too much with his writing or the story itself and his style reminded me of Charles - it's easy to believe that he was perhaps an influence on Bukowski.
I wish there was more of JMR's writing available, on this evidence everything he ever wrote should be published.
Julian McClaren Ross never tries to do too much with his writing or the story itself and his style reminded me of Charles - it's easy to believe that he was perhaps an influence on Bukowski.
I wish there was more of JMR's writing available, on this evidence everything he ever wrote should be published.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Of Love and Hunger is one of the finest examples of the literature of the pre-war years. Its setting is a cold, grey England in which the danger of war is seen as secondary to the danger of a postal order not arriving, where the money for every round in the pub has to be borrowed off a mate and the best hope of covering your rent is a winning bet against a sucker.
Richard Fanshawe is a deeply human character, scraping a living as a vacuum-cleaner salesman while dreaming vaguely of being a writer. Every day he must indulge in another petty chisel or minor con in order to get by. The worst happens to him when the friendly and decent Derek Roper asks him to look after his wife, the dark and desirable Sukie. The pair embark on an unsatisfactory affair that seems to precipitate a series of crises in Richard's life as he loses his job and his home.
Containing fabulous comic set-pieces, including Richard and Sukie's date at a dismal, small-town zoo, Richard's eternally-thwarted attempts to avoid his landlady and wonderful interludes at the school for vacuum-cleaner salesmen, Of Love and Hunger is both a witty and sensitive evocation of a world now passed.
Richard Fanshawe is a deeply human character, scraping a living as a vacuum-cleaner salesman while dreaming vaguely of being a writer. Every day he must indulge in another petty chisel or minor con in order to get by. The worst happens to him when the friendly and decent Derek Roper asks him to look after his wife, the dark and desirable Sukie. The pair embark on an unsatisfactory affair that seems to precipitate a series of crises in Richard's life as he loses his job and his home.
Containing fabulous comic set-pieces, including Richard and Sukie's date at a dismal, small-town zoo, Richard's eternally-thwarted attempts to avoid his landlady and wonderful interludes at the school for vacuum-cleaner salesmen, Of Love and Hunger is both a witty and sensitive evocation of a world now passed.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have just read this marvellous book and was so sad when I came to the end of it. The atmosphere is brilliantly realised and the dialogue so perfect that you could lift it un edited from the page into a screenplay.Unlike other reviewers, I did find that the pre war anxiety and uncertainty came across well.Every major character comes off the page into 3D form and you swear you can smell the boarding house, or the zoo !! I am eager to read his other work and learn more about him. As a fan of Patrick Hamilton, this author is a very welcome addition to the bookshelf.
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Miserably merry
Totally immersive novel written in the years between the wars about the apathetic, skiving, gambling, go-nowhere youth that became courageous 2nd WW officers, given the call. Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2009 by Lady Grey
a fantastic novel
i have just this second finished the last page of this and i was so sorry it had to end, although it finished at exactly the right time. Read more
Published on 23 April 2008 by Ms. F. I. Macdonald
Atmospheric slice of pre-war England.
I was drawn to this book because it sounded similar to Patrick Hamilton's "Hangover Square", a book I like so much I re-read it every couple of years. Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2004 by S. Hapgood
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