Hangover Square

by Patrick Hamilton · first published 1941

Hangover Square is a 1941 novel by English playwright and novelist Patrick Hamilton. It follows the alcoholic George Harvey Bone and his tortured love for Netta Longdon in the months leading up to the Second World War. Subtitled A tale of Darkest Earl's Court, it is set in that area of London in 1939. A black comedy, it is often cited as Hamilton's finest novel, containing the author's concerns about social inequality, the rise of fascism and the impending Second World War.

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Genre:

Black comedy

Original language:

English

Year page:

1941