Anglo-Saxon Attitudes - Wilson, Angus
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It's 1954, and Gerard Middleton is a 60-year-old self-proclaimed failure. Worse than that, he's a "a failure with a conscience." As a young man, he was involved in an archaeological dig that turned up a heathen idol in the coffin of a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon bishop, thereby scandalizing a generation. Now, Middleton must confront his estranged children, his alcoholic former mistress, and a nagging sense of failure in order to expose the greatest archaeological hoax of the century. Built around a set of interwoven subplots involving Middleton's children - John is a gay, incendiary radio…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
It's 1954, and Gerard Middleton is a 60-year-old self-proclaimed failure. Worse than that, he's a "a failure with a conscience." As a young man, he was involved in an archaeological dig that turned up a heathen idol in the coffin of a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon bishop, thereby scandalizing a generation. Now, Middleton must confront his estranged children, his alcoholic former mistress, and a nagging sense of failure in order to expose the greatest archaeological hoax of the century. Built around a set of interwoven subplots involving Middleton's children - John is a gay, incendiary radio host, whose secretary is the mistress of his brother Robin, a successful businessman - Anglo-Saxon Attitudes includes a dizzying cast of minor characters linked by blood and coincidence.
Autorenporträt
Angus Wilson (1913-1991) worked as a deputy superintendent of the British Museum Reading Room before establishing a reputation with a collection of short stories, The Wrong Set. A novel, Hemlock and After, one of the first English books to describe the lives of gay men, brought more success, and Wilson began a prolific career as a writer of fiction, criticism, and reviews. He was a professor of English at the University of East Anglia and spent his last years in France. Jane Smiley, winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, is the author of many novels and other works. In 2010 she published Private Life, a novel; A Good Horse, a book for young adults; and The Man Who Invented the Computer, the first volume of the Sloane American Inventors series.