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Three Brothers
- Author
- Peter Ackroyd
- Narrator
- Daniel Weyman
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 3 October 2013
- Run Time
- 7 hours 3 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Three Brothers follows the fortunes of Harry, Daniel and Sam Hanway, born on a post-war council estate in Camden Town. Marked out from the start by curious coincidence, each boy is forced to make his own way in the world – a world of dodgy deals and big business, of criminal gangs and crooked landlords, of newspaper magnates, back-biters and petty thieves.
London is the backdrop and the connecting fabric of these three lives, reinforcing Ackroyd’s grand theme that place and history create, surround and engulf us. From bustling, cut-throat Fleet Street to hallowed London publishing houses, from the wealth and corruption of Chelsea to the smoky shadows of Limehouse and Hackney, this is an exploration of the city, peering down its streets, riding on its underground, and drinking in its pubs and clubs. Everything is possible – not only in the new freedom of the 1960s but also in London’s timeless past.
Critics Review
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A camp clever tour de force… an alternative autobiography, a ghost story and a murder mystery all in one slim volume. Brilliant… the quintessence of Ackroyd
Sunday Telegraph
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A book full of rich and sudden moments of delight
The Scotsman
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Harking back to Dickens... London is a major character in the novel. In Ackroyd's accomplished hands the city becomes a mystical place, where visions abound. Highly recommended.
Daily Mail
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* Cultural pick of the week *
Mail on Sunday
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Ackroyd is that timeless figure, a man of letters, dipped in ink, apparently versatile in a breathtaking variety of genres
Observer
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London is the backdrop and the connecting fabric of these three lives, from bustling, cut-throat Fleet Street to hallowed London publishing houses, from the wealth and corruption of Chelsea to the smoky shadows of Limehouse and Hackney, this is an exploration of the city, peering down its streets, riding on its underground, and drinking in its pubs and clubs
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
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Suffused with Ackroyd’s intelligence and learning
Observer
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Ackroyd’s pen portraits of the intersecting worlds of academia, literary London and Fleet Street are written with relish
Standpoint
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An amalgam of social satire and noirish thriller...vintage Ackroyd
Financial Times
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Consistently intriguing
Times Literary Supplement
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Details
- Author
- Peter Ackroyd
- Narrator
- Daniel Weyman
- Duration
- 7 hours 3 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 October 2013
- ISBN
- 9781473500778
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Historical fiction
Synopsis
Three Brothers follows the fortunes of Harry, Daniel and Sam Hanway, born on a post-war council estate in Camden Town. Marked out from the start by curious coincidence, each boy is forced to make his own way in the world – a world of dodgy deals and big business, of criminal gangs and crooked landlords, of newspaper magnates, back-biters and petty thieves.London is the backdrop and the connecting fabric of these three lives, reinforcing Ackroyd’s grand theme that place and history create, surround and engulf us. From bustling, cut-throat Fleet Street to hallowed London publishing houses, from the wealth and corruption of Chelsea to the smoky shadows of Limehouse and Hackney, this is an exploration of the city, peering down its streets, riding on its underground, and drinking in its pubs and clubs. Everything is possible – not only in the new freedom of the 1960s but also in London’s timeless past.
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