Colin MacInnes (1914–1976)
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- MacInnes, Colin
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- McInnes, Colin (birth)
Thirkell, Colin (childhood) - Fecha de nacimiento
- 1914-08-20
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1976-04-22
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK (birth)
Australia (passport) - País (para mapa)
- UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- London, England, UK
- Lugares de residencia
- London, England, UK (birth)
Australia - Educación
- London Polytechnic
School of Drawing and Painting, Euston Road, London, UK - Ocupaciones
- novelist
journalist - Relaciones
- McInnes, James Campbell (father)
Thirkell, Angela (mother)
Kipling, Rudyard (cousin)
Baldwin, Stanley (cousin)
Thirkell, Lance (half brother)
McInnes, Graham (brother) (mostrar todos 7)
Burne-Jones, Edward (great-grandfather) - Organizaciones
- BBC Radio
British Army (WWII) - Biografía breve
- Son of singer Joseph Campbell McInnes and novelist Angela Thirkell, Colin MacInnes was born in London, raised in Australia, and returned to England in 1930. He served the UK in WWII, after which he wrote his first novel, To the Victor the Spoils, and worked for BBC Radio until he could earn a living writing.
He was openly bisexual, and though obviously in love with the city of London, remained relatively realistic about urban life. This is reflected in his writing, which often addresses race relations of the day, urban squalor, and includes frank and realistic depictions of gay and lesbian characters.
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1914: Colin MacInnes - Resources and General Discussion en Literary Centennials (Febrero 2015)
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The coloured community of 1950s london is a pretty unique setting. As well as nigerians you have gambians, people from trinidad and other caribbean islands, and a number of americans usually visitors, GIs or showbiz types.
However after the initial setup things become a bit episodic or sporadic might be a better descriptor. With its variety of characters it reminds me a lot of [a:Evelyn Waugh|11315|Evelyn Waugh|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1357463949p2/11315.jpg], except not funny, then again i don't usually find his stuff all that funny either :P .
Like Waughs novels, by the end there arn't really any likable characters or over-arcing plot, its more just a series of incidents.
The main nigerian character probably comes off the worst until you remember he's 18, which pretty conclusively explains if not entirely excuses his actions ;) .
The book is about race but not really racism. Its surprisingly light on the racism for 1950s but mostly because there are only a few white characters and they're mostly of the very liberal type.
By the end the whole thing just feels a bit slight. Fun and interesting enough but a bit thin.… (más)