Description
Product ID: | 9780141184500 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
Title: | The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold |
Subtitle: | A Conversation Piece |
Authors: | Author: Evelyn Waugh |
Page Count: | 208 |
Subjects: | Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating An inability to control his fantasies sends Gilbert Pinfold, a well-known author, cruising on a Ceylon-bound liner to recuperate. Yet, to his horror, the hallucinations increase and life on board becomes very embarrassing. This disquieting, sharply comic novel recounts a period of mental breakdown in the life of Gilbert Pinfold, an established novelist of mature years |
Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2006-06-29 |