The Struggles Of Albert Woods
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A sharp and witty work of mid-twentieth-century British fiction, The Struggles of Albert Woods chronicles the comic misadventures of an ambitious and self-serving young man navigating the treacherous social and professional landscapes of post-war England. Written by William Cooper — the pen name of Harry Sumfield Hoff — the novel presents Albert Woods as an irresistibly opportunistic antihero whose relentless pursuit of success and comfort exposes the absurdities of class, ambition, and respectability. Cooper, best known for Scenes from Provincial Life, brings the same dry, understated wit and keenly observed social realism to this story, delivering a portrait of a man whose moral flexibility is matched only by his determination to get ahead. A forerunner of the Angry Young Men literary movement, this novel remains a quietly subversive and thoroughly entertaining piece of British comic fiction.
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A sharp and witty work of mid-twentieth-century British fiction, The Struggles of Albert Woods chronicles the comic misadventures of an ambitious and self-serving young man navigating the treacherous social and professional landscapes of post-war England. Written by William Cooper — the pen name of Harry Sumfield Hoff — the novel presents Albert Woods as an irresistibly opportunistic antihero whose relentless pursuit of success and comfort exposes the absurdities of class, ambition, and respectability. Cooper, best known for Scenes from Provincial Life, brings the same dry, understated wit and keenly observed social realism to this story, delivering a portrait of a man whose moral flexibility is matched only by his determination to get ahead. A forerunner of the Angry Young Men literary movement, this novel remains a quietly subversive and thoroughly entertaining piece of British comic fiction.
