{"product_id":"hurry-on-down-1961-reprint-published-by-penguin-books","title":"Hurry on Down 1961 by John Wain reprint orange back published by Penguin Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eHurry on Down 1961 reprint orange back published by Penguin Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 18cm x 11cm x 1.5cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCritics have agreed that a new kind of English novel appeared in the fifties, linking the names of John  Wain, Kingsley Amis, Iris Murdoch, and, later, John Braine. The Times Literary Supplement said in 1958:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Wain had been the pioneer.  \u003cem\u003eHurry On Down\u003c\/em\u003e came out the year before Lucky Jim and first established what then became known as \"the Movement\".' But the importance of \u003cem\u003eHurry On Down\u003c\/em\u003e, first published in 1953, is not only chronological. The attention it attracted helped to create the mood in which the others could be written and read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is more than a literary landmark : this comic, satiric, picaresque, vigorous novel, retains all the freshness of its original impact. It was also translated into Russian, appearing in the U.S.S.R. both serially and in book form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I would like to raise a glass to Mr Wain's first novel\" - \u003cstrong\u003eSean O'Faolain in the Observer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eHurry On Down\u003c\/em\u003e, a young man's first novel, is a bustling kaleidoscope of a book, by an author fertile in expedient, keenly observant and occasionally probing the heart of darkness\" - \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Sadleir in the Sunday Time\u003c\/strong\u003es\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58082943304061,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/9705\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_93911286-b673-486f-b4f9-cb5a1e2a1eb3.jpg?v=1776959125","url":"https:\/\/www.barewall.co.uk\/products\/hurry-on-down-1961-reprint-published-by-penguin-books","provider":"Barewall","version":"1.0","type":"link"}