Cards of identity / jacket designed by Lucien Freud

Dennis, Nigel

Verlag: London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1955

Beschreibung

Dennis, Nigel. Cards of identity / jacket designed by Lucien Freud. First edition. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1955. Hardback, VG, in unclipped dustjacket, age-tanned to spine and edges. Red cloth with gilt lettering and bands to spine. Binding strong. 370pp., contents clean and bright. Nigel Forbes Dennis (16 January 1912 19 July 1989) was an English writer, critic, playwright and magazine editor. Cards Of Identity is a satire on psychology, identity theory and class prejudice, the novel is centred on the Identity Club, a group of men who call themselves psychologists and meet once a year to present case histories promoting their chosen theory of identity. The case histories are in fact fictional representations of a character in line with their theoretical biases, rather than analyses of real patients. Surrounding this plot is the story of the local townspeople, who are brainwashed into being servants for the Identity Club. The book culminates with the performance of a pastiche Shakespearian play, The Prince of Antioch. The novel was highly praised when it first came out. The reviewer for The Times called it "one of the funniest, most intelligent and far-reaching pieces of satire". Hilary Corke, writing in The Listener wrote that "It is the cleverest novel, and the most intellectually formidable, that I have read for many years. It is also one of the funniest." W.H. Auden wrote: "I have read no novel published in the last fifteen years with greater pleasure and admiration." RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1692996528899

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Titel: Cards of identity / jacket designed by ...

Verlag: London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson

Erscheinungsdatum: 1955

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition