A portrait of individual and communal struggles to maintain authenticity and revolutionary fervor in 1960s England from award-winning, bestselling author Alan Sillitoe

The final installment of the William Posters Trilogy revolves around the plights and foibles of the Handley family commune, which set up camp at the home of the wealthy Myra Bassingfield. There, painter Albert Handley is pursuing a whirlwind existence of art, sex, and chaotic domestic life. Of his seven children, four are giving him particular grief. His eldest son, Cuthbert, has been kicked out of theological college; his eldest daughter, Mandy, is pregnant by her unstable husband; and two of his younger sons, Richard and Adam, are pillaging army manuals for subversive and revolutionary ends. To top it all off, Myra's lover, Frank Dawley, has returned from gunrunning in Algeria -- and brought along his wife and two kids from Nottingham to live in the Buckinghamshire kibbutz.

Collective cohabitation soon reveals its downfalls. And when a young Spanish anarchist arrives with assassination on her mind, her trunk full of notebooks may condemn Frank for a sin committed in the African desert. As the community hangs by a thread, the very notion of revolution comes under scrutiny, begging the question: Can the fire of life burn, even when its flame is no longer in sight?

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alan Sillitoe including rare images from the author's estate.

• We started tracking this book on March 5, 2016.
• This book was £9.59 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 21 times in the past 2,980 days.
• The current price of this book is £10.99 last checked one day ago.
• This book is at its lowest price in the past six months.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is £2.99.
• The lowest price to date was £2.99 last reached on February 16, 2023.
• This book has been £2.99 one time since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was £14.99 last reached on December 15, 2020.
• This book has been £14.99 one time since we started tracking it.

• Literature & FictionLiterary Fiction
• Literature & FictionGenre FictionPolitical
• Literature & FictionClassicsClassics

• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 367 Pages
• File Size: 3,992 KB