Книги Пола Бейли
Пол Бейли - автор 8 книг. Из известных произведений можно выделить: Gabriel's Lament, Deliver Me From Eva, Peter Smart's Confessions. Все книги можно читать онлайн и бесплатно скачивать на нашем портале.
Shortlisted for the 1986 Booker Prize, Gabriel’s Lament has received huge critical acclaim. Fourth Estate will re-publish in the wake of Bailey’s new novel, Kitty and Virgil. ’Gabriel Harvey’s mother wanted an angel, and her son was happy to oblige. But she mysteriously abandoned him and he remained trapped in a twenty-eight year adolescence and fettered to an unexpressed grief. The discovery a...
Although Paul Bailey’s only suspense novel, Deliver Me From Eva, is a recognized horror classic, he has also written many fine historical novels. Forrest J Ackerman, former editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland, has been a profound influence on both the science fiction and horror genres, and has written a special introduction for this new edition.
Peter Smart's mother is a comic monster. Only Wagner could do her justice, is one friend's opinion. She's matched by Dr F. Leonard Cottie, a retired physician, who employs her as a housekeeper and introduces the boy Peter to the facts of life.
A portrait not only of old soldiers, but of old age in general
A sequel to "Gabriel's Lament" that features the story of Dr Esther Potocki, a venerologist at a London hospital.
Set in Camberwell in the 1950s, this is the story of Ralph Hicks, of his restrictive working class background and his search for something better - only to find that he can't find love, and finally of his resultant breakdown.
A new edition of the first novel of an author who has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Combining humour and pity, it creates the atmosphere of The Jerusalem, where old ladies have nothing to do except eat junket and die peacefully without fuss.
