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The Old Men at the Zoo
Angus Wilson
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Description for The Old Men at the Zoo
Paperback. A novel that offers the healing relationship between man and the natural world as a solution for the power dilemma. Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 364.
Set in a near future (the novel was first published in 1961 and is set in the period 1970-73), this is Angus Wilson's most allegorical novel, about a doomed attempt to set up a reserve for wild animals. Simon Carter, secretary of the London Zoo, has accepted responsibility and power to the prejudice of his gifts as a naturalist. But power is more than just the complicated game played by the old men at the zoo in the satirical first half of this novel: it lies very near to violence, and in the second half real life inexorably ... Read more
Set in a near future (the novel was first published in 1961 and is set in the period 1970-73), this is Angus Wilson's most allegorical novel, about a doomed attempt to set up a reserve for wild animals. Simon Carter, secretary of the London Zoo, has accepted responsibility and power to the prejudice of his gifts as a naturalist. But power is more than just the complicated game played by the old men at the zoo in the satirical first half of this novel: it lies very near to violence, and in the second half real life inexorably ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571248483
SKU
V9780571248483
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About Angus Wilson
One of Britain's most distinguished novelists Sir Angus Wilson was born in 1913. Educated at Westminster and Merton College, Oxford he joined the British Museum as a cataloguer before being called for service in 1941. His literary career began with a collection of short-stories published in 1949. These were followed by other short-story collections, novels and plays. Co-founder ... Read more
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