{"product_id":"james-kennaway-household-ghosts-2001-paperback","title":"James Kennaway: Household Ghosts [2001] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTunes of Glory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHousehold Ghosts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSilence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis  volume collects three of the very best works by James Kennaway, the  brilliant young novelist and screenwriter who tragically died in a car  crash at the early age of forty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMemorably filmed with Alec Guinness and John Mills, \u003ci\u003eTunes of Glory\u003c\/i\u003e  is a grippingly dramatic exploration of the glamour and the brutality  of post-war army life as the tensions and conflicts in the officers'  mess of a Highland regiment lead to shame and tragedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHousehold Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e  is a claustrophobic tale of family tension, love triangles and the  persistence of the past-one of Kennaway's favourite themes. Set in a  country house in Scotland the book is haunted, like the privileged  family it describes, by the ghosts of Scotland's own turbulent history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaken from completed drafts on the author's desk, \u003ci\u003eSilence\u003c\/i\u003e  tells of the accidental meeting and the complex union between a white  man and a black woman in times of racial tension and sexual violence.  Set in a North American city in midwinter Kennaway's last and  brilliantly succinct novel expands into a universal allegory of  suffering and death.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kennaway, James \u0026 Wallace, Gavin","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49720745296211,"sku":"9781841951256","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/kennaway-james-wallace-gavin-james-kennaway-household-ghosts-2001-paperback-9781841951256-59830223864147.jpg?v=1730442189","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/james-kennaway-household-ghosts-2001-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}