Stanley Middleton

Holiday

originally published:

1974

We offered this copy of the first edition in our List 52.

awards:

  • Booker Prize(1974)

reference info

bio notes:
born: 8/1/1919
died: 7/25/2009
born as: Stanley Middleton
nationality: Great Britain

British writer whose novels examine lower-middel-class marital and familial relationships. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature

Collecting tips:

Middleton has never really been a hot ticket for collectors, but most of his first several books are very scarce. His 1974 novel Holiday, co-winner of the Booker Prize, is as scarce as hen's teeth.