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Anthony Walter Patrick Hamilton (17 March 1904 – 23 September 1962) was an English playwright and novelist. He was well regarded by Graham Greene and J. B. Priestley , and study of his novels has been revived because of their distinctive style, deploying a Dickensian narrative voice to convey aspects of inter-war London street culture.
Patrick Hamilton was an English playwright and novelist, notable for his capture of atmosphere and the Cockney dialect traditionally associated with the East End of London. Hamilton began acting in 1921 and then, fascinated by theatrical melodrama, took to writing. He became known with the novel.
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Hangover Square (1941) is often judged his most accomplished work and still sells well in paperback, and is regarded by contemporary authors such as Iain Sinclair and Peter Ackroyd as an important part of the tradition of London novels.
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Patrick Hamilton has 74 books on Goodreads with 37223 ratings. Patrick Hamilton’s most popular book is Hangover Square.
Dec 31, 1991 · This is a biography of Patrick Hamilton, the author of "Rope", "Gas Light" and "Hangover Square", who was one of the most gifted and admired writers of his generation. Born in Sussex in 1904, he moved shortly afterwards with his parents to Hove, where he passed his formative years.
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May 18, 2016 · Interesting facts about a neglected novelist and playwright. 1. Patrick Hamilton’s famous fans and champions have included Doris Lessing and Graham Greene. The playwright and author J. B. Priestley was also an admirer of Hamilton’s work, much of which focuses on working-class British life.
Hangover Square is a 1941 novel by English playwright and novelist Patrick Hamilton. It follows the alcoholic George Harvey Bone (who has a dissociative identity disorder) and his tortured love for Netta Longdon in the months leading up to the Second World War.
