John Braine

I game to Warley on a wet September morning with the sky the grey of Guiseley sandstone. I was alone in the compartment. I remember saying to myself : 'No more zombies, Joe, no more zombies'. My stomach was rumbling with hunger and the drinks of the night before had left a buzzing in my head and a...

I game to Warley on a wet September morning with the sky the grey of Guiseley sandstone. I was alone in the compart-ment. I remember saying to myself : 'No more zombies, Joe, no more zombies'. My stomach was rumbling with hunger and the drinks of the night before had left a buzzing in my head...

1 I came to Warley on a wet September morning with the sky the grey of Guiseley sandstone. I was alone in the compartment. I remember saying to myself: No more zombies, Joe, no more zombies. My stomach was rumbling with hunger and the drinks of the night before had left a buzzing in my head and...

Chapter i She woke me up by lifting my eyelids; then she süpped under the bedclothes beside me and lay there smiling, her arms around my neck. She had no business to be there, and she'd have to go before Susan awoke; but I could never regret her presence, no matter what Spock said. She was so...

Részlet a könyvből: "Az ötvenes évek közepén feltűnt fiatal angol írónemzedék határozott arcélű képviselője John Braine. Munkáskörnyezetben nevelkedett (1922, Bradford), s míg első sikere nyomán felkapott író lett, sok mindent megpróbált. Dolgozott mint könyvtáros,...