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Saturday Night at the Greyhound by John Hampson, Helen Southworth, John Hampson is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"A book I greatly admire."-Graham Greene "One of the most interesting first novels I have read for some time. Short and dramatic, and written with a fine simplicity. I could not put it down until I knew all that was to happen that Saturday night."-Sunday Times "A first novel of outstanding merit... In Mr. Hampson we have a new writer of strong and wholly original talent."-Harold Nicolson, Daily Express "A masterpiece of character drawing."-Daily Sketch Sinister and scheming Mrs. Tapin has seen fourteen landlords come and go at the Greyhound, an old pub located in a Derbyshire mining village, and she has no doubt that the new owners, Ivy Flack, her gay brother Tom, and her drunken, philandering husband Fred, will soon be the next to fail. Pushed to the edge of ruin by Fred's gambling, the free drinks he gives away to customers, and the money he lavishes on his mistress, Ivy and Tom know that Saturday, the busiest night of the week, is their last hope to earn enough money to keep the pub open. But as the Greyhound opens for business that fateful Saturday night, none of them are prepared for what will ensue, as events unfold in a crescendo of violence and tragedy that will lead to a c

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
John Hampson, Helen Southworth, John Hampson
Publisher
Valancourt Books
Published
2014
Language
EN
ISBN
9781941147252
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Thriller
Rating
4.7 / 5 (10 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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