{"product_id":"signed-the-wrong-set-by-angus-wilson-1959","title":"SIGNED - The Wrong Set by Angus Wilson (1959)","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat - Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition - Good, pages crisp and clear, tight binding. Personal note from author on front end page. Cover has signs of wear, foxing to pages. See images to fully assess condition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#00ae5f\" style=\"color: #00ae5f;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePenguin Books 1355\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAngus Wilson's first volume of short stories. The collection is a brilliantly funny exposure of the protective devices with which people seek to mask deep-laid egotism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is the wallowing in self-adulation on the part of the 'crazy Cockshott family', as they delight to dub themselves. There is the search for really nice standards on the part of Vi, singer at the 'Passion Fruit' nightclub - as hopelessly bemused a spirit as ever lived in sin at Earl's Court and attempted to lecture a young Communist nephew with untidy hair and spectacles. There is the humbug of the bullying new curator at the provincial Art Gallery. And the staff dance at the South Kensington hotel, where lives the lady who spends her life trying to achieve 'a Knightsbridge appearance on a Kensington purse', and where, as the evening progresses and the drinks begin to tell, the lady-like façades and gentlemanly courtesy of the clientele crack up with a vengeance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books and Crannies Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58574939783551,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0602\/3902\/0229\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_7eebaad3-ba3d-4f93-a2d0-267a5f1fb90c.jpg?v=1790681324","url":"https:\/\/booksandcrannies.co.uk\/products\/signed-the-wrong-set-by-angus-wilson-1959","provider":"Books and Crannies Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}