The Slaves of Solitude

The Slaves of Solitude | Patrick Hamilton

Back in 2017, there‘s a play for the tagged book at the Hampstead Theathre. I hope they‘ll revive it now that Covid is over, and come to Singapore, please!

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sisilia

The Slaves of Solitude | Patrick Hamilton

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4⭐️ A re-read with the bookclub. I love Patrick Hamilton 😍 and I love this book. It‘s funny and enjoyable, and the boarding house setting adds on to the fun. Enjoy this book with a serving of gin and french🍸

The_Penniless_Author I loved Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky. I'll have to check this out. 1y

quietjenn I was just eyeing this one the other day! Maybe your reread will encourage me to pick it up soon 🙂 1y

sisilia @The_Penniless_Author I prefer Twenty Thousand Streets, actually 😃 He‘s such a good writer. 1y

sisilia @quietjenn You won‘t be disappointed 😊 1y

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youneverarrived

The Slaves of Solitude | Patrick Hamilton

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One of the best character driven novels I‘ve read in a while. I love the way Hamilton depicts Miss Roach & her thought process, so transparent & relatable in some ways - you could call her naive but I also think a lot of people have had a Vicki in their lives; someone who makes you question if it‘s you reading the person wrong of if they are just not nice! I was just willing Miss Roach to stand up for herself. Five star read for me.

youneverarrived Would have made a great #nyrbbookclub discussion 🤍 2y

Leftcoastzen Miss the #nyrbbookclub 2y

LeahBergen Ah, yes! I proposed this one when it was my turn to offer up picks (and I still need to read it 🙄). 2y

youneverarrived @Leftcoastzen me too 2y

youneverarrived It would have been a good one to read as a group. I think you‘d enjoy it @LeahBergen 2y

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BarbaraBB

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During WWII Miss Roach lives in a boardinghouse outside of London. She is bullied by one of the other tenants, but can handle it because she is having ‘her own American man‘ to drink and kiss with. She is so naive, but she is strong and admirable as well, especially when the bullying increases with the arrival of a German friend in the boardinghouse.
Another quiet and great #NYRB classic.

Megabooks Great review!! 5y

TrishB Lovely review ❤️ 5y

batsy Sounds great 💜 5y

CarolynM Great review. Stacked. 5y

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BarbaraBB

The Slaves of Solitude | Patrick Hamilton

The image on the cover of my #currentread is made by photographer Laurie Simmons and called The Long House. It perfectly represents our current situation of social distancing and staying indoors!
As does the title of the book by the way 😳 #NYRB

Cinfhen Beautiful artwork 5y

CarolynM I've heard about this book a few times recently. It sounds really good. I'm very interested to see what you think of it. 5y

TrishB Lovely 💜 5y

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BookwormM Never thought of that when I chose tagged book this month 🤣🤣

One Hundred Years of Solitude

BarbaraBB @BookwormM 😂 5y

batsy It does! 5y

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sisilia

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4⭐️ Boarding house politics! People can be so cruel, even during depressing time like WWII. Well, actually bad times merely accentuate the dark sides of humanity. Patrick Hamilton‘s excellent depictions of the bullies made me want to slap them. Can‘t they just leave the poor spinster alone? 😩 Be kind to one another, people✌🏻

BarbaraBB Great review Sisilia 💕 5y

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sisilia

The Slaves of Solitude | Patrick Hamilton

Next read!

BarbaraBB I have this one on my shelves too. looking forward to your thoughts 💕 5y

Cinfhen Hi 👋 xx 5y

arubabookwoman I loved this one, so I immediately bought two others by Patrick Hamilton, which of course I haven't yet read several years later. 5y

sisilia @arubabookwoman I‘m liking this one so far. I always love spinster-lit 😄 5y

LeahBergen I have this one waiting for me! 5y

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LeahBergen

The Slaves of Solitude | Patrick Hamilton

It‘s time, everyone! Time to vote on our #NYRBBookClub October pick!

I hope you like what I picked. 😬

GatheringBooks, sprainedbrain, sisilia, LeahBergen, Rachel_nyc, Leftcoastzen, Reviewsbylola, emilyhaldi, youneverarrived, MicheleinPhilly, mklong, Suet624, merelybookish, saresmoore, batsy, vivastory, BarbaraBB, Liz_M, Theaelizabet

batsy Oooh! Good picks! Expendable Man is very high on my list but I'm voting The Other for a full on October scare 💀

The Other

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merelybookish Complete wimp here plus I like the title

The Slaves of Solitude

BarbaraBB How I love this moment every month! Great picks Leah! I just read The Expendable Man and it is great. The Slaves of Solitude sounds good and I wouldn‘t mind reading that one, but I do own a copy of The Other so I vote for that one!

The Other

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sisilia Hurrah! I vote for

The Slaves of Solitude

youneverarrived Ohh great picks! I have The Slaves of Solitude but not the NYRB edition. I think this would make a perfect October read so going for

The Other

GatheringBooks nice! i vote for

The Expendable Man

Suet624 Hmm...I really don‘t like scary...so I think I‘ll go for

Expendable Man (Revised)

Liz_M I have to vote for the one I would have nominated for October

The Other

mklong Oooh excellent picks! I‘m with @batsy wanting a good October scare,

The Other

Rachel_nyc I would be happy with any of them but agree a scary theme for October is always good.

The Other

vivastory Wonderful selections Leah! I have already read, & loved, the Tryon & Slaves of Solitude sounds intriguing. But I vote for

The Expendable Man

emilyhaldi Fab choices!! Dying to read Slaves of Solitude... However, I love a spooky October read 🖤 so I vote

The Other

MicheleinPhilly 🤔I have already read and LOVED The Other so I will vote for The Expendable Man. 5y

BookNAround The Other is super creepy. It still makes my skin crawl 30 some years after I read it! 5y

LauraBeth How can I become a member of this totally cool reading group? 😀 5y

Reviewsbylola The Slaves of Solitude!! 5y

rubyslippersreads @LauraBeth I‘d like to know how to become a member too, especially because I want to read

The Slaves of Solitude

LeahBergen @LauraBeth @rubyslippersreads It was @vivastory who did the masterful organization of this group. 😄 This round is now a closed group of the tagged people but it‘s only closed for the voting of each monthly selection. Anyone on Litsy can read and join the discussion of that month‘s pick. Read along with us! I think @vivastory will open the group again to new members once everyone in this group has hosted a monthly pick. 5y

vivastory @LauraBeth @rubyslippersreads You should definitely read the monthly selection & join in the discussion. It's typically the last weekend of the month. 5y

saresmoore Ooh! Such good picks! I can‘t decide between Expendable Man (because it‘s worthy of both Persephone and NYRB) and Slaves of Solitude (because it just sounds fantastic). 5y

saresmoore Well, since it looks like The Other is winning by quite a lot, I guess I don‘t have to choose! 😅 5y

LeahBergen @saresmoore Actually, you should still vote! We are at 7 for The Other, 4 for The Expendable Man, and 3 for Slaves of Solitude. There are 4 more votes we are waiting for (including you). 😄 @sprainedbrain @Leftcoastzen @Theaelizabet What‘s your pick? 5y

saresmoore Oh! Well, in that case, now I‘ve slept on it, I‘ll choose

The Expendable Man

sprainedbrain I‘m sorry! I thought I already commented and clearly didn‘t hit send. 😬 I choose

The Other

Theaelizabet I‘ve been a poor, member this summer. My apologies. All of three of these sound terrific. I vote for The Expendable Man. 5y

Leftcoastzen They all look great ! I‘m leaning toward

The Expendable Man

BarbaraBB So that makes 8-6-3 then, am I right? With The Other as our winner? @vivastory 5y

vivastory @BarbaraBB It's even closer 😂8-7-3! I will make an announcement post later. I'm stunned! 5y

BarbaraBB @vivastory You‘re right, 8-7-3! Great voting! 5y

LeahBergen @BarbaraBB @vivastory I had a little checklist going as the votes came in. 😆😆 Why is this SO DAMN FUN every month?? 😆 5y

BarbaraBB It really is something to look forward to! 5y

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