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The scene is 1920s Kensington and Philip and Joan are testing the very limits of politeness and restraint as they fight to expunge the oppression of their mother - by whatever means necessary. In his first novel, Christopher Isherwood paints an intimate portrait of the battle between old and young as he explores the destruction of a son by a domineering parent.

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In Isherwood's work, a magic potion of history and invention, the voice is clear, and, no matter how many times we hear it, it always seems to be speaking for the first time * New York Times *
Christopher Isherwood is back in vogue * Independent *
That young man holds the future of the English novel in his hands -- Somerset W. Maugham

All the Conspirators

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 31/05/2012
      ISBN13: 9780099561064, 978-0099561064
      ISBN10: 0099561069
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      Book Synopsis
      The scene is 1920s Kensington and Philip and Joan are testing the very limits of politeness and restraint as they fight to expunge the oppression of their mother - by whatever means necessary. In his first novel, Christopher Isherwood paints an intimate portrait of the battle between old and young as he explores the destruction of a son by a domineering parent.

      Trade Review
      In Isherwood's work, a magic potion of history and invention, the voice is clear, and, no matter how many times we hear it, it always seems to be speaking for the first time * New York Times *
      Christopher Isherwood is back in vogue * Independent *
      That young man holds the future of the English novel in his hands -- Somerset W. Maugham

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