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The folks that live on the hill
Kingsley Amis
2012 · Penguin Books, Limited
British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Divorced menFictionNew York Times reviewedFiction, general
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"Harry Caldecote is the most charming man you'll ever meet, a convivial academic who devotes his life to others. He is on call when his alcoholic niece falls into strange hands, when his brother threatens to emulate Wordsworth, when his son's lesbian lodger is beaten up by her girlfriend. He endures misplaced seductions, swindles and aggressive dogs just to keep the peace at the King's pub in Shepherd's Hill. But when the Adams' Institute of Cultural and Commercial History in America offers him the opportunity to d…
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