I've read all of Patrick Hamilton's novels and started with Twenty-Thousand Streets. He's a great writer of gloom and glum, of the warm lights coming out of a pub on a winter night and the reflection of street-lights in the raindrops on a window. He also writes the best self-important bores.
Slaves of Solitude was my favourite of his books, there's even almost a hopeful element to it.
Thank you for recommending Slaves of Solitude. I was wondering which one to try next. I’m definitely going to choose at least one of his novels for this winter.
As a people pleaser, I was just thinking to myself 'won't I feel triggered by these books?' when I read your last sentence: '[...] so poignant that I saw the pages through tears.' Not ones to read when you are feeling down. As to the last part on cars, I don't know a thing about cars :) And I felt quite impressed by how much you seem to know about them.
Those books are so wonderful but heartbreaking. Only to be read when you're feeling very resilient! I would like to re-read them sometime in the future. As for the cars, my husband is very interested in them so I've learned a lot over the years! I've loved looking around factories ever since I went to a bread factory on a school visit. There are quite a few car factories here where you can do visits. The MINI factory in Oxford does a fantastic tour - they use a lot of robots which is fascinating.
Really interesting - is there any truth do you think in the story that Colin Chapman decided on the Lotus name because it was a play on his oft used phrase "us lot"?
Thank you! I'd never heard about "us lot", but the story does appear on the Lotus website as one possible idea behind the name. So it could very well be true!
I've read all of Patrick Hamilton's novels and started with Twenty-Thousand Streets. He's a great writer of gloom and glum, of the warm lights coming out of a pub on a winter night and the reflection of street-lights in the raindrops on a window. He also writes the best self-important bores.
Slaves of Solitude was my favourite of his books, there's even almost a hopeful element to it.
Thank you for recommending Slaves of Solitude. I was wondering which one to try next. I’m definitely going to choose at least one of his novels for this winter.
As a people pleaser, I was just thinking to myself 'won't I feel triggered by these books?' when I read your last sentence: '[...] so poignant that I saw the pages through tears.' Not ones to read when you are feeling down. As to the last part on cars, I don't know a thing about cars :) And I felt quite impressed by how much you seem to know about them.
Those books are so wonderful but heartbreaking. Only to be read when you're feeling very resilient! I would like to re-read them sometime in the future. As for the cars, my husband is very interested in them so I've learned a lot over the years! I've loved looking around factories ever since I went to a bread factory on a school visit. There are quite a few car factories here where you can do visits. The MINI factory in Oxford does a fantastic tour - they use a lot of robots which is fascinating.
Really interesting - is there any truth do you think in the story that Colin Chapman decided on the Lotus name because it was a play on his oft used phrase "us lot"?
Thank you! I'd never heard about "us lot", but the story does appear on the Lotus website as one possible idea behind the name. So it could very well be true!