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Also author of "I Burn for England"

Inside flap: "An energetic preoccupation with the face and the ideas of contemporary urban society informs the verse of harles Hamblett. Sex, drink, journalism and commerce are often in the foreground: behind them is always a concern for the present-day neglect of moral and religious values. The impact of the U.S.A., from Californian bums to beauty of New York, evokes vividly atmospheric satire and description. An unsparing eye and rhythmic vitality characterize Charles Hamblett's style.

About the author:
"At a tender age he fell in love with the image of Greta Garbo, and has written about, and for,, motion pictures ever since. He subsisted by his pen since the age of 19 (apart from three shamefully unspectacular years in the R.A.F.). His play The Laughing Academy was produced at the Arts Theatre, London, in 1958. Other pulications: The Cactus Harvest, I hear America Rollin; The Crazy Kill; countless short stories and magazine and newspaper features. Wife, three children turning into Californian monsters. Says he's happy but admits he's slightly mad."