Book description
For the first time ever, all four books in the Squire Quartet collected
in one volume.
Set during the last years of the Cold War, and spanning the duration of
Thatcher's Britain, The Squire Quartet follows the political,
professional and private adventures of a group of linked characters. It
is a vivid fictional portrait of Britain's recent history.
All four volumes - Life in the West, Forgotten Life, Remembrance Day
and Somewhere East of Life - are collected here for the first time in
one volume and for the first time in ebook form. Praise for the books
in the Squire Quartet:
'Excited me more than anything else I've read this year.' ANTHONY BURGESS
'A long, handsome ingenious novel about war and peace, very funny, very
sad, full of closely seen, closely thought detail, wise exotic and
entertaining.' IRIS MURDOCH
'Aldiss delivers his storylines with joie de vivre, his dialogue is
impeccable, and his narrative is glazed with customary wit.' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Packs in enough detailed research and relevance for a dozen novels
with contemporary settings.' LITERARY REVIEW
'A complex, thoughtful and beguiling story by one of our best
novelists.' WILLIAM BOYD'For decades, Brian Aldiss has been among our
most prolific and consistently stylish writers' The Telegraph Brian
Aldiss, OBE, is a fiction and science fiction writer, poet, playwright,
critic, memoirist and artist. He was born in Norfolk in 1925. After
leaving the army, Aldiss worked as a bookseller, which provided the
setting for his first book, The Brightfount Diaries (1955). His first
published science fiction work was the story 'Criminal Record', which
appeared in Science Fantasy in 1954. Since then he has written nearly
100 books and over 300 short stories. Brian Aldiss, OBE, is a fiction
and science fiction writer, poet, playwright, critic, memoirist and
artist. He was born in Norfolk in 1925. After leaving the army, Aldiss
worked as a bookseller, which provided the setting for his first book,
The Brightfount Diaries (1955). His first published science fiction work
was the story 'Criminal Record', which appeared in Science Fantasy in
1954. Since then he has written nearly 100 books and over 300 short
stories.
