Word: gentlemen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bryan Forbes, 59, is something of a ringer among amateurs: he has written several other books, including an autobiography. But he is better known for a nearly 40-year film career as a scenarist (Seance on a Wet Afternoon), actor (The League of Gentlemen) and director (The Wrong Box). Unlike many writers who are savvy about movies, Forbes does not produce sketchy treatments, prepackaged for adaptation; each of his works is carefully and densely detailed...
...renown as a satirist in the classic mode, a chronicler of lofty ideals and comic, mortal diminutions. His name has been mentioned in the same breath with that of Evelyn Waugh; comparisons to Barbara Pym have not been lacking. Readers aware of Wilson's reputation will naturally turn to Gentlemen in England expecting some laughs and intelligent fun. They will not be disappointed, but they may be surprised by the range of humors that arise in the course of the tale...
...between satire and tragedy. It is amusing to watch fictional figures break rules or fall short of standards that they do not know exist. When such people understand both what is expected of them and how they have failed, laughter fades. With all its historical trappings and incidental humor, Gentlemen in England is a serious reminder of a time when life and responsibilities truly mattered...
...them produced documents saying he was Giuseppe di Fresco. His captors knew better. The man's identity: Michele Greco, also known as ll Papa, the pope of the Sicilian Mafia. "Yes, I am Greco," he is said to have admitted after several hours of interrogation. "You are behaving like gentlemen, and I don't want to waste your time...
...household job which would include cooking, cleaning, dress- and hat-making." And this priceless piece of advice from Italy: The Places In Between: "One assumes that foreign ladies, English and Americans particularly, because they are tremulous, neurotic bags of bone reduced by sexual malnutrition, find all Italians irresistible. Gentlemen who agree with this premise are often to be found in hotels during festa times when numerous visitors, to-ing and fro-ing at odd times, create a nice smorgasbord. Don Giovanni prowls the hallways, listening to accents and watching the sway of buttocks. He selects a recipient for his gifts...