House Mother Normal Book

In his heyday during the 1960s and early 1970s B. S. Johnson was one of the best-known novelists in Britain. A passionate advocate for the avant-garde in both literature and film he became famous for his forthright views on the future of the novel and for his unique ways of putting them into practice. Reissued as standalone books for the first time in many years these are B. S. Johnson's most famous and critically acclaimed novels. 'The future of the novel depends on people like B. S. Johnson' Anthony Burgess 'Laurence Sterne more than anyone else is Johnson's true literary ancestor ...Don't think that because Johnson took stylistic risks he must be unapproachable or elitist' Guardian 'B. S. Johnson is the ultimate forgotten author born in 1933 dead at forty beloved by critics overlooked by the public ...[he was] at the forefront of the British avant-garde' Independent House Mother Normal: A Geriatric Comedy is a remarkable study of old age where the same events are relayed through the eyes of eight different inmates of an old people's home. What's worrying is just how different the very same thing can be ...'Never sentimental at once corrosive and elegiac House Mother Normal is a remarkable achievement.' New York TimesRead More