{"product_id":"9780571404766","title":"The Wrong Set: Selected Stories (Faber Editions) : A literary master' - Ian McEwan - Margaret Drabble","description":"A thing to rejoice over' EVELYN WAUGH'A literary master' IAN MCEWAN'Wilson is like an agent, a brilliant snooper in some branch of intelligence, picking up his material from the scattered refugees of moral disorder' GUARDIANIllicit queer crushes on a family picnic. A nightclub singer lecturing her Communist nephew. Drunken feuds at the seedy South Kensington Hotel's staff dance. The eccentric spinsters tempting a little boy to grotesque acts. Welcome to the singular world of Angus Wilson. An overlooked legend of the post-war queer landscape, he casts a waspish, tragicomic yet oddly tender eye across mid-century England. Jitterbugging, espresso bars, spivs, Angry Young Men, teddy boys, satanic masses in village living rooms: all of life is here in these beloved stories. Savage in their deadly anatomy of social class yet compassionate in their portrayal of misfit outsiders, these are mini Austenesque novels-of-(bad)-manners, seething with high-octane dialogue, baroque humour and macabre secrets. Introduced by Margaret Drabble","brand":"Margaret Drabble","offers":[{"title":"160 pages \/ 05\/11\/2026 \/ Classic fiction (pre c 1945)","offer_id":57556968898935,"sku":"9780571404766","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9780571404766.jpg?v=1791968733","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9780571404766","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}