Cover of Hangover Square

Hangover Square

by Patrick Hamilton

1941 · literary fiction · adult

Set in 2 places · 1 primary
Sense of Place
5/5
Description · Open Library (CC0)

Hamilton captures the edgy, obsessive and eventually murderous mindset of a romantically frustrated British man in this WWII-era novel. London 1939, and in the grimy publands of Earls Court, George Harvey Bone is pursuing a helpless infatuation with Netta who is cool, contemptuous and hopelessly desirable to George. George is adrift in hell, until something goes click in his head and he realizes that he must kill her.

Set in

  • London · United Kingdom
    alcoholic drifter across London
    ★ primary
  • Earl's Court · United Kingdom
    protagonist's base

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