Patrick Hamilton

En Londres, 1939. En Earl's Court, turbio territorio de pubs, George Harvey Bone le sigue los pasos a una mujer de la que está locamente enamorado. Netta es fría, distante, desdeñosa, cruel, pero al protagonista le resulta irresistible. George vaga a la deriva en un infierno etílico, excepto durante sus períodos "muertos", cuando en la cabeza algo le hace clic... En Última resaca Patrick Hamilton evoca de manera brillante un nebuloso mundo de bares, pensiones y seres pasados por alcohol, al tiempo que captura las premoniciones de catástrofe que impregnan la vida londinense en los meses previos a la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Esta novela describe de manera magistral un amor no correspondido

I dont know how I became so filled with hate. I find it shocking that I did. Somebody said to me that war affects us in all kinds of ways, and that drinking is only one of them. Perhaps hating people is another. Perhaps sex is too.1943, Henley-on-Thames. Miss Roach is forced by the war to flee London for the Rosamund Tea Rooms boarding house, a place as grey and lonely as its residents. From the safety of these new quarters, her war effort now consists of a thousand petty humiliations, of which the most burdensome is sharing her daily life with the unbearable Mr Thwaites.But a breath of fresh air arrives in the form of a handsome American lieutenant and things start to look distinctly brighter. Until a new boarder moves into the room next to Miss Roachs outwardly friendly, she soon starts upsetting the precarious balance in the house.Nicholas Wrights play The Slaves of Solitude weaves a fascinating blend of dark hilarity and melancholy from Patrick Hamiltons much-loved story about an improbable heroine in wartime Britain. The play premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in October 2017.

I recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a wonderful writer and yet is rather under-read today. All his novels are terrific Sarah WatersIf you were looking to fly from Dickens to Martin Amis with just one overnight stop, then Hamilton is your man Nick HornbyPatrick Hamiltons novels were the inspiration for Matthew Bournes new dance theatre production, The Midnight Bell.Ernest Ralph Gorses heartlessness and lack of scruple are matched only by the inventiveness and panache with which he swindles his victims. With great deftness and precision Hamilton exposes how his dupes own naivete, snobbery or greed make them perfect targets. These three novels are shot through with the brooding menace and sense of bleak inevitability so characteristic of the author. There is also vivid satire and caustic humour. Gorse is thought to be based on the real-life murderer Neville Heath, hanged in 1946.

The classic novel from the author of Rope and Hangover Square.

The brilliantly tense play that became Hitchcocks masterpiece, starring James Stewart.Believing themselves to be intellectually superior to their contemporaries, flatmates Brandon and Philip murder their friend David Kentley purely to see if they can get away with it. They then throw a cocktail party, serving food from the top of the trunk where they have hidden Davids body. Their guests include both Davids father and fiancee, as well as college lecturer Rupert Cadell, who becomes increasingly suspicious as the evening wears on.

Written in the early 1930s, 'Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky' displays Patrick Hamilton's talent for understanding the milieu who stand at the side of the bar. Hamilton's other books include 'Hangover Square' and 'Slaves of Solitude'.

Prólogo de Doris Lessing. Los esclavos de la soledad transcurre en Londres, durante el invierno de 1943, mientras los bombardeos han cesado temporalmente y los soldados americanos acuartelados en Inglaterra se preparan para abrir un nuevo frente en Europa. Para la señorita Roach y los protagonistas de la novela, gentes de pocos recursos economicos y de vidas solitarias, el horror de la guerra les parece muy lejano. Solo lo conocen por rumores y especulaciones, y por las fragmentarias informaciones de periodicos y noticiarios cinematograficos. Su guerra son los cortes de electricidad, la escasez o las cartillas de racionamiento, y para la señorita Roach, que perdio su piso en un apartamento, la mas penosa calamidad es tener que vivir en una pension, en una triste habitacion alumbrada solo por una debil bombilla y tener que comer en el comedor comun, compartiendo mesa con el insoportable señor Thwaites, un personaje en el que los amantes de la obra de Dickens hallaran ecos de la malicia de algunos de los mas celebres villanos del autor de Tiempos dificiles.

El amor no es una certeza inequívoca. Aunque parece irreductible, adherido a lo más hondo de la carne individual, hablamos de amor con los demás y nos entendemos. Cuando decimos "te amo" exigimos una confirmacion por parte del mundo. Y porque somos capaces de levantar esa exigencia, el amor constituye la experiencia de un suelo comun. ¿Como se ha construido el marco para una experiencia asi, radicalmente singular y a la vez posible por medio del otro? Sin duda, porque se ha establecido un lenguaje sin el cual ningun amor tendria existencia. En "El lenguaje del amor. Figuraciones de la transferencia desde Platon hasta Lacan", Achim Geisenhansluke ofrece un recorrido posible para el amor, en particular para el amor de transferencia, a partir de la escena fundacional del "Banquete" de Platon. En un entramado de saltos y piruetas, pasando de la filosofia al psicoanalisis para volver a la literatura, Geisenhansluke visita diversas escenas amorosas y muestra en cada una de ellas la codificacion especifica de un tipo de amor asociado a expectativas literarias y culturales que situan, al menos en parte, la naturaleza de los sentimientos en la realidad linguistica de los amantes. Y por eso, aunque nos entendamos, nos cuesta hablar de amor, porque "la teoria del amor es desde siempre un discurso erotizado sin llegar a ser literatura".

London 1939, and in the grimy publands of Earls Court, George Harvey Bone is pursuing a helpless infatuation with Netta who is cool, contemptuous and hopelessly desirable to George. George is adrift in hell, until something goes click in his head and he realizes that he must kill her.

"Rope" by Patrick Hamilton is a gripping psychological thriller that delves into the complexities of morality, obsession, and human nature. Set in a confined, claustrophobic space, the play centers around two young men, Brandon and Philip, who commit a chilling murder as an intellectual exercise, inspired by their fascination with Nietzsches concept of the "superman." After strangling their former friend, they hide his body in a trunk, hosting a dinner party just above the crime scene, as a disturbing challenge to their own audacity and beliefs. As the evening progresses, the tension escalates, with their guests unaware of the sinister crime lurking beneath them. Brandon revels in the power and thrill of his actions, while Philip becomes increasingly uneasy, struggling with guilt and fear of being caught. The suspense builds as a series of psychological games unfold, driven by the mens desire to test the limits of their own beliefs and the boundaries of societys moral codes. Hamilton masterfully explores themes of guilt, the nature of evil, and the dark side of intellectualism. The claustrophobic setting and sharp dialogue heighten the suspense, making "Rope" a truly intense experience. It questions the morality of actions and the consequences of intellectual arrogance, offering a chilling exploration of human nature when it is stripped of ethical constraints. This play, which was later adapted into a famous Alfred Hitchcock film, is a timeless classic of suspense and psychological drama. With its taut pacing, memorable characters, and relentless tension, "Rope" is a compelling read for anyone intrigued by the darker side of human behavior and the limits of intellectual experimentation. A must-read for lovers of thrilling dramas with profound psychological depth.ABOUT THE AUTHOR Patrick Hamilton (19041962) was a British playwright and novelist, celebrated for his dark, psychological dramas and his sharp exploration of human relationships. Best known for his plays "Rope" and "Gas Light", Hamilton created works that delved into tension, manipulation, and emotional complexity. His novel "Hangover Square" is a standout example of his talent for blending suspense with deep character study. His atmospheric writing, often laced with themes of obsession and psychological turmoil, continues to captivate readers and audiences alike, leaving a lasting impact on British literature and theatre.

I recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a wonderful writer and yet is rather under-read today. All his novels are terrific Sarah WatersIf you were looking to fly from Dickens to Martin Amis with just one overnight stop, then Hamilton is your man Nick HornbyPatrick Hamiltons novels were the inspiration for Matthew Bournes new dance theatre production, The Midnight Bell.Impromptu in Moribundia is a satirical fable about one (nameless) mans trespass (through a fantastical machine called the Asteradio) into a parallel universe on a far-off planet where the miserably dull affairs of England are mirrored and transformed into an apparent idyll of bourgeois English imagination.Moribundia is the physical enactment of the stereotypes and myths of English middle-class culture and consciousness. Yet the narrator comes to discover that he has stumbled among a people characterised by cupidity, ignorance, complacence, meanness, ugliness, short-sightedness, cowardice, credulity, hysteria and, when the occasion called for it . . . cruelty and blood-thirstiness.

I recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a wonderful writer and yet is rather under-read today. All his novels are terrific Sarah WatersIf you were looking to fly from Dickens to Martin Amis with just one overnight stop, then Hamilton is your man Nick HornbyPatrick Hamiltons novels were the inspiration for Matthew Bournes new dance theatre production, The Midnight Bell.The Midnight Bell, a pub on the Euston Road, is the pulse of this brilliant and compassionate trilogy. It is here where the barman, Bob, falls in love with Jenny, a West End prostitute who comes in off the streets for a gin and pep. Around his obsessions, and Ella the barmaids secret love for him, swirls the sleazy life of London in the 1930s. This is a world where people emerge from cheap lodgings in Pimlico to pour out their passions, hopes and despair in pubs and bars - a world of twenty thousand streets full of cruelty and kindness, comedy and pathos, wasted dreams and lost desires.

All his novels are terrific, but this one is my favourite Sarah WatersPatrick Hamiltons novels were the inspiration for Matthew Bournes new dance theatre production, The Midnight Bell.Measuring out the wartime days in a small town on the Thames, Miss Roach is not unattractive but no longer quite young. The Rosamund Tea Rooms boarding house, where she lives with half a dozen others, is as grey and lonely as its residents. For Miss Roach, slave of her task-master, solitude, a shaft of not altogether welcome light is suddenly beamed upon her, with the appearance of a charismatic and emotional American Lieutenant. With him comes change - tipping the precariously balanced society of the house and presenting Miss Roach herself with a dilemma.

The seventy-fifth anniversary edition, with a new introduction by Anthony Quinn.I recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a wonderful writer and yet is rather under-read today. All his novels are terrific Sarah WatersIf you were looking to fly from Dickens to Martin Amis with just one overnight stop, then Hamilton is your man Nick HornbyPatrick Hamiltons novels were the inspiration for Matthew Bournes new dance theatre production, The Midnight Bell.London, 1939, and in the grimy publands of Earls Court, George Harvey Bone is pursuing a helpless infatuation. Netta is cool, contemptuous and hopelessly desirable to George. George is adrift in a drunken hell, except in his dead moments, when something goes click in his head and he realises, without a doubt, that he must kill her. In the darkly comic Hangover Square Patrick Hamilton brilliantly evokes a seedy, fog-bound world of saloon bars, lodging houses and boozing philosophers, immortalising the slang and conversational tone of a whole generation and capturing the premonitions of doom that pervaded London life in the months before the war.

This classic Victorian thriller was first produced in 1935. Jack Manningham is slowly, deliberately driving his wife, Bella, insane. He has almost succeeded when help arrives in the form of a former detective, Rough, who believes Manningham to be a thief and murderer. Aided by Bella, Rough proves Manninghams true identity and finally Bella achieves a few moments of sweet revenge for the suffering inflicted on her.

If you were looking to fly from Dickens to Martin Amis with just one overnight stop, then Hamilton is your man Nick HornbyI recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a wonderful writer and yet is rather under-read today. All his novels are terrific Sarah WatersPatrick Hamiltons novels were the inspiration for Matthew Bournes new dance theatre production, The Midnight Bell.Beyond the fact that it was, in face of a vivid and calamitous ending, to reveal from his own experience the ardent splendours of Youths adventure, he didnt quite know what his novel was going to be about.Monday Morning wryly tells the story of Anthony, a young man taking his passionate first steps in life, in London, and in love. Not yet worn down by the world, Anthony is determined to write the novel that will bring him fame and fortune - and to marry the beautiful Diane. Patrick Hamiltons witty, playful first novel introduces us to the grimy world of metropolitan boarding houses and provincial theatrical digs that would be the setting for his later masterpieces Hangover Square and The Slaves of Solitude, and the hopes, dreams and regrets those who live there.

All his novels are terrific Sarah WatersPatrick Hamiltons novels were the inspiration for Matthew Bournes new dance theatre production, The Midnight Bell.In Craven House, among the shifting, uncertain world of the English boarding house, with its sad population of the shabby genteel on the way down - and the eternal optimists who would never get up or on - the young Patrick Hamilton, with loving, horrified fascination, first mapped out the territory that he would make, uniquely, his own. Although many of Hamiltons lifelong interests are here, they are handled with a youthful brio and optimism conspicuously absent from his later work. The inmates of Craven House have their foibles, but most are indulgently treated by an author whose world view has yet to harden from scepticism into cynicism. The generational conflicts of Hamiltons own youth thread throughout the narrative, with hair bobbing and dancing as the battle lines. That perennial of the 1920s bourgeoisie, the servant problem, is never far from the surface, and tensions crescendo gradually to a resolution one climactic dinnertime.

I recommend Hamilton at every opportunity, because he was such a wonderful writer and yet is rather under-read today. All his novels are terrific Sarah WatersIf you were looking to fly from Dickens to Martin Amis with just one overnight stop, then Hamilton is your man Nick HornbyPatrick Hamiltons novels were the inspiration for Matthew Bournes new dance theatre production, The Midnight Bell.West Kensington - grey area of rot, and caretaking, and cat-slinking basements. West Kensington - drab asylum for the driven and cast-off genteel! Patrick Hamilton was acutely conscious that his third novel (first published in 1928) was longer and much grimmer than his previous and well-received productions. Twopence Coloured is the story of nineteen-year-old Jackie Mortimer, who leaves Hove in search of a life on the London stage, only to become entangled in provincial theatre and complex affairs of the heart with two brothers, Richard and Charles Gissing. The novel, unavailable for many years, is a gimlet-eyed portrait of the theatrical vocation, and fully exhibits Hamiltons celebrated gift for conjuring London - the vast, thronged, unknown, hooting, electric-lit, dark-rumbling metropolis.

Patrick Hamiltons Theaterstuck "Cocktail fur eine Leiche" erschien 1929 unter dem Titel "Rope" und wurde noch im gleichen Jahr in London und am Broadway uraufgefuhrt. Auch die Handlung spielt 1929, in einem Londoner Wohnhaus. Hier haben die Studenten Brandon und Granillo gerade den vermeintlich perfekten Mord verubt. Das Opfer, ihren Kommilitonen Ronald, verstauen sie in einer Truhe im Wohnzimmer. Ronald hatte ihnen nie etwas getan. Es gibt kein Motiv auer zu "beweisen", dass unentdeckter Mord moglich ist und herauszufinden, wie morden sich anfuhlt. In Kurze werden die Gaste ihrer Cocktailparty eintreffen und ahnungslos vom Buffet speisen, das die beiden aus purer Lust am Risiko auf der Truhe mit der Leiche servieren. Nur haben sie nicht mit der Beobachtungsgabe ihres alten Mentors Rupert Cadells gerechnet ...