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A buyer's market

1952191 pagesBerkley Pub.

Synopsis

Nicholas Jenkins navigates the shifting social landscapes of 1920s London, moving from elite ballrooms to the city's bohemian underbelly. As he encounters old school acquaintances like the ambitious Widmerpool and the reckless Stringham, he begins to understand the complex, often harsh realities of adult life. This second installment of Powell's sequence captures a generation drifting through a world of art, politics, and changing social mores.

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About the author

Anthony Powell was born in London in 1905 and was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. He worked for a London publisher from 1927 to 1935. and as a film scriptwriter from 1935 to 1936. He has written reviews and literary columns for various newspapers and periodicals and was Literary Editor of Punch from 1952 to 1958. He was commissioned in the Welch Regiment in 1939 and subsequently transferred to the Intelligence Corps where he served as a liaison officer with the Allied Forces. His...

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Nicholas JenkinsProtagonist
Charles StringhamSupporting
Kenneth WidmerpoolSupporting

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