The Best of Friends

by Emyr Humphreys

Overview

The Best of Friends is the second of seven novels which make up The Land of the Living, a series which is one of the finest achievements of Welsh writing in English.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780708315651
Publisher:	University of Wales Press
Publication date:	10/15/1999
Series:	University of Wales Press - Land of the Living , #2
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 5.40(h) x 2.10(d)

About the Author

M. Wynn Thomas is Professor of English and Director of the Centre for Research into the English Literature and Language of Wales, University of Wales, Swansea. His many books include studies of Morgan Llwyd, Emyr Humphreys, The Page’s Drift: R. S. Thomas at Eighty, Internal Difference: Writing in Twentieth-Century Wales, DiFfinio Dwy Lenyddiaeth Cymru, and Corresponding Cultures: the Two Literatures of Wales.

Editorial Reviews

Mr Humphreys’ keen grasp of period gives the book a solid authenticity.” –Anthony Thwaite, The Observer

The Observer - Anthony Thwaite

 . . . one of the finest achievements of Welsh writing in English. Already it is clear that Emyr Humphreys is our greatest living novelist.” –Western Mail

Western

“The Best of Friends ‘is that rarity, a serious novel that is also immensely entertaining.” –Birmingham Post

Birmingham Post

The Best of Friends is . . . part of a sequence which, when completed, will have described the processes of growth, change and decay which have made Wales what it is today. For such a task Mr Humphreys is eminently well qualified.” –Goronwy Rees, The Times Literary Supplement

The Times Literary Supplement - Goronwy Rees

“The Best of Friends is . . . part of a sequence which, when completed, will have described the processes of growth, change and decay which have made Wales what it is today. For such a task Mr Humphreys is eminently well qualified.” –Goronwy Rees, The Times Literary Supplement

— Goronwy Rees

The Times Literary Supplement

“Mr Humphreys’ keen grasp of period gives the book a solid authenticity.” –Anthony Thwaite, The Observer

— Anthony Thwaite

The Observer