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The Good Companions
by J. B. Priestley

Introduced by Barry Cryer

Additional content:
Foreword by Tom Priestley
Foreword by Dame Judi Dench
Biographical background by Lee Hanson
The Good Companions on stage and Screen by Lee Hanson

In the great depression between the wars, ordinary Yorkshireman, Jess Oakroyd, disreputable schoolteacher, Inigo Jollifant and Colonel's daughter, Miss Trant are all unhappy and unsure about what to do with their lives. Each seizes the opportunity to flee their current situation to seek adventure on the open road. Fate then brings them together and into the presence of a down-at-heel and fractious theatrical touring company. With Miss Trant's money, their modest talents and buckets of enthusiasm they form a travelling troupe who proceed to sing, dance, drink and argue their way through the pavilions, provincial theatres, towns, seaside lodging houses and market fairs of Twenties' England.
The winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction in 1929, The Good Companions is a captivating, hilarious, riotous and unforgettable carnival of English life.

"Priestley is a writer whom I admire. I remember reading The Good Companions in one fell juvenile swoop." Melvyn Bragg

"A truly great novel." The Sunday Times

"Wonderful vitality... describes with unfailing truth and humour the rich fabric of English provincial life." The Daily Telegraph

"One of the great novels of the 20th Century." Paul Johnson, The Spectator

"A wonderful story." Dame Judi Dench

"Picaresque, picturesque... If you have not read it I envy you, it lies ahead... " Barry Cryer

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  • Print Length: 683 Pages
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