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Alex Atkinson (1916–1962)

Autor(a) de The Big City or the New Mayhew

5+ Works 97 Membros 4 Críticas

Obras por Alex Atkinson

The Big City or the New Mayhew (1958) 45 exemplares
By rocking-chair across America (1959) 25 exemplares
By rocking chair across Russia (1960) 14 exemplares
Exit Charlie (1955) 12 exemplares
Charlie gör sorti 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime (2002) — Contribuidor — 47 exemplares
The Fireside Treasury of Modern Humor (1963) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1916
Data de falecimento
1962
Sexo
male

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A book best enjoyed in large format to let Mr. Searle's drawings really sear your eyeballs. The British have a sense of patriotism, and are proud of their city, but it is not perfect, and and this pair of roaming brits do that judgement justice. This is a portrait of London before the "Swinging sixties" Mayhew, by the way, published a pioneering sociological study of Victorian London, and this was a kind of Centennial homage.. He was not kind, but he was accurate! Wish I had a copy of this book today.. Do get reprints going!… (mais)
 
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DinadansFriend | May 14, 2021 |
The drawings alone are worth the price, and some of the put-downs are truly memorable.
 
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DinadansFriend | May 10, 2021 |
A little history, some journalism, and Mr. Searle's lovely drawings. At the height of the Cold war, such a seriously patronizing effort was sure of commercial success. It was a humanizing effort headed towards a n understanding of how the population of a huge country tried to cope with an inefficient government.
½
 
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DinadansFriend | Feb 15, 2021 |
theatre based murder mystery

the second detective was called Toby Appleby...written early in Michael Innes' career so wonder if one inspired the other or just coincidence?

like very much the main detective Chief Inspector Furniss

Big Ship

1 September 2019
½
 
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bigship | Sep 1, 2019 |

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Obras
5
Also by
2
Membros
97
Popularidade
#194,532
Avaliação
3.1
Críticas
4
ISBN
4
Línguas
1

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