Patrick Hamilton
Hamilton was the laureate of the seedy London pub and the boarding house, whose plays and novels captured the lives of the trapped and desperate with bleak compassion. Hangover Square is a masterpiece of melancholy urban atmosphere.
Works
- Hangover SquarePsychological thriller of obsessed man descending into madness and violence
- The Slaves of SolitudeNovel of landlady and widow in seaside town during Second World War
- Twenty Thousand Streets Under the SkyNovel trilogy following three social classes through London streets and lives
- Impromptu in Moribundia
- Mr Stimpson and Mr Gorse