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The Old Devils is a novel by Kingsley Amis, published in 1986. [1] It won the Booker Prize. [2] Alun Weaver, a writer of modest celebrity, returns to his native Wales with his wife, Rhiannon, sometime girlfriend of Weaver's old acquaintance Peter Thomas. Alun begins associating with a group of former friends, including Peter, all of whom have ...
The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis was first published in 1986 and it won the Booker Prize that year. Alun and Rhiannon Weaver are returning to Wales from London; Alun is an ageing minor TV presenter who has become famous for presenting programmmes about Wales on TV, especially about the famous Welsh poet Brydan (think Dylan Thomas).
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The Old Devils: With John Stride, Sheila Allen, Ray Smith, Elizabeth Morgan. Three part BBC series regarding four Welsh wife/husband couples, old university friends now tumultuosly reunited in (mostly) retirement.
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These old devils are just as they have always been, but trapped in a slowly aging body. It’s like living in a house that needs repair, but the repairman never comes. When Alun Weaver and his wife, Rhiannon, a famous beauty in her day, move into a quiet retirement community, they find it peopled by friends from former days.
Jan 1, 1987 · "The Old Devils" are aged drinking partners whose number is enlarged and enlivened when poet Alun Weaver and his wife Rhiannon return to Wales. Alun is a letch, a "frightful shit" in the words of one acquaintance, and Rhiannon still a beauty.
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Jan 1, 1988 · The Old Devils: A Novel. Paperback – January 1, 1988. When Alun and Rhiannon Weaver return home to Wales after living in London for thirty years, their celebrity status and past connections begin to stir up trouble. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.
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Oct 2, 2012 · The Old Devils is also Mr. Amis’s most inclusive novel, encompassing kinds of feelings and tone that move from sardonic gloom to lyric tenderness.” — The New York Times “The talk is also exceedingly sharp and funny, and it brings the characters to life as only pungent dialogue can.
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