If Compton Mackenzie is known at all now, it is as the author of entertainments like "Whisky Galore" and "Monarch of the Glen". These are successful in their own right, but give no clue as to his prodigious talents as a young novelist in the early part of the twentieth-century. To realize why he was so highly regarded then you need to read "Sinister Street". Owing to its length it was originally published in two parts, in 1913 and 1914. As a bildsungroman it can bear comparison with Dickens' "David Copperfield". That ...
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If Compton Mackenzie is known at all now, it is as the author of entertainments like "Whisky Galore" and "Monarch of the Glen". These are successful in their own right, but give no clue as to his prodigious talents as a young novelist in the early part of the twentieth-century. To realize why he was so highly regarded then you need to read "Sinister Street". Owing to its length it was originally published in two parts, in 1913 and 1914. As a bildsungroman it can bear comparison with Dickens' "David Copperfield". That perceptive critic of the Georgian literary scene, Frank Swinnerton, described it as thus. 'It is the picture of the development of a very precocious boy into a sophisticated young man of the nineteen-tens, and the picture is painted with a detail and wealth of reference unattempted by other authors of Mackenzie's experience. It illustrates most of its author's gifts, and all his faults. It is lavish, it contains rodomontade, it is literary, sentimental and florid. But it has no timidities; it is large and confident; it is a picture of something more than a single life. It is a record of a departed generation.' More succinctly, John Betjeman said of it, 'This has always seemed to me one of the best novels of the best period in English novel writing.' In short, it shows abundantly why Henry James thought it to be the most remarkable book written by a young author in his lifetime. It a classic waiting to be rediscovered.
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Add this copy of Sinister Street to cart. $26.49, good condition, Sold by Stephen White Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bradford, WEST YORKSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1914 by Martin Secker.
Add this copy of Sinister Street (Volume 2) to cart. $28.96, fair condition, Sold by Anybook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1914 by Martin Secker.
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Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN:
Add this copy of Sinister Street (Twentieth Century Classics) to cart. $37.42, good condition, Sold by Read&Dream rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from SAINT LOUIS, MO, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Penguin Group.
Add this copy of Sinister Street (Twentieth Century Classics) to cart. $37.79, good condition, Sold by Bulk Book Warehouse rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rotterdam, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1992 by Penguin Group.
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Good. Considerable foxing and/or discoloration around edges. Shows minimal wear such as frayed or folded edges, minor rips and tears, and/or slightly worn binding. May have stickers and/or contain inscription on title page. No observed missing pages.
Add this copy of Sinister Street to cart. $38.93, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2015 by CreateSpace Independent Publis.
Add this copy of Sinister Street to cart. $44.85, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published by Macdonald.
Add this copy of Sinister Street St to cart. $45.00, very good condition, Sold by Wonderful Books By Mail rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Durham, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1952 by Macdonald & CO..
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Very Good in Good dust jacket. 5x8" VERY GOOD CONDITION IN GOOD UNCLIPT(10/6 net...) DUST JACKET...ep has small bookplate "ex libris Anthony Comerford". & "A Comeerford 1949 69077" else clean, solid, bright horange hardcovers. barely Good dj has 1" chips to spine ends & base front cover 2" edgetear dj.....book itself is quite nice..; Black spine titles on orange cloth hard covers....WOULD LOOK BETTER UNDER A CLEAR VINYL PROTECTOR (ASK)...; 328ps pages; , A novel laid out by 8 seasons in 2 years with an Epigraph.
Add this copy of Sinister Street to cart. $57.00, poor condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 1914 by G. Bell & Sons Ltd Vol. ll.
Add this copy of Sinister Street to cart. $60.00, new condition, Sold by Ed Buryn Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nevada City, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by Penguin Books.
Add this copy of Sinister Street the Second Volume to cart. $61.00, poor condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 1914 by Bell.
