A Dance to the Music of Time - help from London vultures mainly

[Filthy Rich]

Strange request. I'm reading A Dance to the Music of Time. I started when in a charity shopo I found the first three books gathered together as one quarter of the whole thing, this section being called Spring. I want to read the remaining nine books but, for some reason - call it bloodymindedness, I want to find them all in charity shops. There would be something satisfying about that. Inexplicably though, I won't deem it cheating if someone else finds the books for me... so, what I'm saying, is, if anyone finds anyone finds any of the books (except the first three) in a chazza anywhere please pick 'em up and I will be very grateful. Hurry though, Spring is drawing to a close...

[babycart]

Is it any good?
I always assumed the only people who ever read it were students writing theses on the post-war English novel.

[Ian Townsend]

Is it any good?
I always assumed the only people who ever read it were students writing theses on the post-war English novel.

It has potential but I was disappointed with the lack of breasts, guns and car chases.

[ginghamkitchen]

I am similarly embroiled in Simon Raven's Alms for Oblivion series. No car chases yet, but breasts and guns aplenty.

[babycart]

Bloody hell. I´d never have had VG+ down as a nest of Proustian/Balzacian novel cycle fanboys.

I might have some Forsyte Saga raers somewhere.

[SirSlim]

It has potential but I was disappointed with the lack of breasts, guns and car chases.

did you watch the tv version?

[Filthy Rich]

I haven't watched the tv version but apparently it's pretty faithful if hyper-speeded up. I can certainly recognise that that scene is when Barbara tips the sugar bowl on Widmerpool's head.

Is it any good?
I always assumed the only people who ever read it were students writing theses on the post-war English novel.

I think so. It's both touching and, at points, laugh out loud funny.

[Shere Khan]

For what it's worth Bad Plus ivories tinkler, Ethan Iverson, is a major fan.

[Sonovox]

I can certainly recognise that that scene is when Barbara tips the sugar bowl on Widmerpool's head.

Clearly the inspiration for

[Filthy Rich]

Update on this. One of my friends found me books seven through twelve (with one missing) but now I'm really fiending on the fourth fifth and sixth books - anyone?

[Taze]

Could you post a pic of one please so i know what to look out for, Cheers

[Filthy Rich]

Surely... cheers, the one I bought was the first of these but I guess the individual ones have different covers

[d7bohs]

At Lady Molly's,Casanova's Chinese Restaurant and The Kindly Ones are the peak of the series I think - and also the easiest to find as individual vols - I have the Penguins and the later Fontanas, but not quite complete sets of either .... Pretty sure I have spares of all of those three though, but in Ireland. If you still haven't found them by Xmas, I'll being them back with me n the new year. And they were all gotten 2nd hand, though possbly not in charity shops

[Filthy Rich]

Fantastic thanks!

[SirSlim]

I bet she dances to the music of time...