{"product_id":"9781590172568","title":"Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky","description":"By: Patrick Hamilton     \u003chr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNYRB Classics presents 3 darkly humorous, atmospheric novellas of love and disappointment, set in a run-down London pub after WWI—from the author of the Hitchcock classics\u003ci\u003e Gaslight\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRope.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Bleak and brilliant. . . an authentic lost classic.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing a Dickensian cast of pubcrawlers, prostitutes, lowlifes, and just plain losers who are looking for love—or just an ear to bend—Hamilton’s novels are a triumph of deft characterization, offbeat humor, unlikely compassion, and raw suspense. In recent years, Hamilton has undergone a remarkable revival, with his champions including Doris Lessing, David Lodge, Nick Hornby, and Sarah Waters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e is a tale of obsession and betrayal that centers on a seedy pub in a run-down part of London. Bob the waiter skimps and saves and fantasizes about writing a novel, until he falls for the pretty prostitute Jenny and blows it all. Kindly Ella, Bob’s co-worker, adores Bob, but is condemned to enjoy nothing more than the attentions of the insufferable Mr. Eccles; Jenny, out on the street, is out of love, hope, and money. We watch with pity and horror as these three vulnerable and yet compellingly ordinary people meet and play out bitter comedies of longing and frustration.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncluded:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Midnight Bell \u003c\/i\u003e(1929)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Siege of Pleasure\u003c\/i\u003e (1932)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Plains of Cement\u003c\/i\u003e (1934)","brand":"NYRB Classics","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46764691587299,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9781590172568","price":147.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":48991130714339,"sku":"DTRHHUK-9780349141473","price":120.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9781590172568.jpg?v=1751284349","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh\/products\/9781590172568","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}