At Tuppenny-hapenny Cottage in the English countryside, five elderly people live together in rancorous disharmony. Adela Bastable bosses the house, as her brother Bernard passes his days thinking up malicious schemes against the baby-talking Marigold and secret drinker Shorty, while kindly George lies bedridden upstairs. The mismatched quintet keep their spirits alive by bickering and waiting for grandchildren to visit at Christmas. But the festive season does not herald goodwill to all at Tuppenny-hapenny Cottage. Disaster and chaos, it seems, are just around the corner ...
Told with Amis's piercing wit and humanity, Ending Up (1974) is a wickedly funny black comedy of the indignities of old age.
| ISBN: | 9780141194233 |
| Publication date: | 2nd June 2011 |
| Author: | Kingsley Amis |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 112 pages |
| Series: | Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Humorous Fiction |
At Tuppenny-hapenny Cottage in the English countryside, five elderly people live together in rancorous disharmony. Adela Bastable bosses the house, as her brother Bernard passes his days thinking up malicious schemes against the baby-talking Marigold and secret drinker Shorty, while kindly George lies bedridden upstairs.
Ending Up features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Humorous Fiction
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Ending Up was written by Kingsley Amis and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Ending Up has 112 pages
Yes it is part of Modern Classics series
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