Set among the mansions and tennis clubs of Surrey's richest suburb, The Savoy Truffle is a darkly comic drama that evokes an era when Mod gear was fab, the Shorty Nightie shocking, the coffee frothy, and a new Beatles' single brought hysteria to the classroom. The grey post-war years are trembling on the verge of Technicolour, and the Blyte children are struggling to cope with the transition in their own idiosyncratic ways: Hugh's novel is held up by yearning for the Irish au pair; Janey moons over the mystery of men and the enigmatic Black Mini; George wages savage war on his Enemy; and the...
Set among the mansions and tennis clubs of Surrey's richest suburb, The Savoy Truffle is a darkly comic drama that evokes an era when Mod gear was fab...
How are the same myths perpetuated through different cultures at different times? This text re-evaluates Western culture in terms of a neglected tradition that draws on imagination and insight, and which may help us to see beneath the waves of history.
How are the same myths perpetuated through different cultures at different times? This text re-evaluates Western culture in terms of a neglected tradi...
