Hemlock And After
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Published in 1952, Hemlock and After is Angus Wilson's debut novel, a sharp and incisive work of post-war British fiction that chronicles the moral and psychological unravelling of Bernard Sands, a celebrated liberal novelist. At the height of his public success — having secured a country house, Vardon Hall, as a retreat for young writers — Bernard is forced to confront disturbing truths about his own character, his crumbling marriage, and his capacity for cruelty. Wilson dissects the hypocrisies of the English liberal intellectual class with surgical wit, presenting a cast of brilliantly drawn characters whose private lives stand in stark contrast to their public virtues. Written with dark humour and penetrating psychological insight, the novel argues that self-knowledge, when it finally arrives, can be as poisonous as hemlock itself.
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Published in 1952, Hemlock and After is Angus Wilson's debut novel, a sharp and incisive work of post-war British fiction that chronicles the moral and psychological unravelling of Bernard Sands, a celebrated liberal novelist. At the height of his public success — having secured a country house, Vardon Hall, as a retreat for young writers — Bernard is forced to confront disturbing truths about his own character, his crumbling marriage, and his capacity for cruelty. Wilson dissects the hypocrisies of the English liberal intellectual class with surgical wit, presenting a cast of brilliantly drawn characters whose private lives stand in stark contrast to their public virtues. Written with dark humour and penetrating psychological insight, the novel argues that self-knowledge, when it finally arrives, can be as poisonous as hemlock itself.
