The Group: A New York Times Best Seller by Mary McCarthy Paperback Book

Description: The Group by Mary McCarthy, Monica Ali A stylish new edition of the best-selling timeless novel about eight college friends navigating their adult life in 1930s Manhattan. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Juicy, shocking, witty, and almost continually brilliant COSMOPOLITANA brilliant novel: honest, engaging and sharp as a tack SARAH WATERSLively, vivid and exceedingly entertaining SUNDAY TIMES Not one of them, if she could help it, was going to marry a broker or a banker or a cold-fish corporation lawyer. . .New York, 1930. Eight Vassar graduates meet in New York to attend the wedding of one of their friends - and reconvene seven years later at her funeral. Young and fearless, they vow not to become stuffy and frightened like their parents, but to lead fulfilling, emancipated lives. But which of them will achieve that dream - and at what cost?Ground-breaking in its fearless portrayal of female friendship, sex and the struggle to have it all, The Group was a revelation, a scandal, and an instant bestseller.McCarthys characters confront many of the same issues as their modern counterparts: sex and contraception, career and marriage, love and lust, fidelity to ones husband versus loyalty to ones friends and the attempt to carve out a place for oneself unconstrained by the gender limitations of previous generations. Its continuing relevance is one of the books most extraordinary attributes ELIZABETH DAY, GUARDIAN Author Biography Mary McCarthy (1912-1989) was born in Seattle, Washington. She was a short-story writer, bestselling novelist, essayist and an art critic. She was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and won the National Medal for Literature and the Edward MacDowell Medal in 1984. Her debut novel, The Company She Keeps (1942), initiated her ascent to the most celebrated writers of her generation; the publication of her autobiography Memories of a Catholic Girlhood in 1957 bolstered this reputation. McCarthy wrote more than twenty-four books, including the now-classic novel The Group (1963). This was the New York Times Best Seller for two years. Review Absorbing, funny, painful . . . I consider it a masterpiece -- Hilary MantelShocking, titillating, and acid-laced . . . the book still dazzles as a generational portrait, falters as fiction, and blighted McCarthys life -- Laura Jacobs * Vanity Fair *A brilliant novel: honest, engaging and sharp as a tack -- Sarah WatersMcCarthys characters confront many of the same issues as their modern counterparts: sex and contraception, career and marriage, love and lust, fidelity to ones husband versus loyalty to ones friends and the attempt to carve out a place for oneself unconstrained by the gender limitations of previous generations. Its continuing relevance is one of the books most extraordinary attributes -- Elizabeth Day * Guardian *Few works of literature can genuinely be termed "ahead of their time" * The Times *Juicy, shocking, witty, and almost continually brilliant * Cosmopolitan *Lively, vivid and exceedingly entertaining * Sunday Times *One of my favourite books ever -- India KnightA woman of intellect and style -- Celia McGee * New York Times *Her greatest novel . . . marvellous . . . a prophetic book which set the scene . . . for the novels of protest and liberation in the next decade * Independent *Feels like discovering a thrilling secret. Its prose shows a master stylist at work, its aesthetics are striking - all ivory-tipped cigarettes, hand-pureed pâté, Vassar socialists in dungarees - and it has a surprise queer romance that twists the whole narrative into new shape. Its my new standard for a summer read: lavish, hilarious, smart and mean, like a glamorous friend youre torn between fearing and crushing on -- Mikaella ClementsScalpel-keen prose, honed on ruthless wit and insight * Observer *She is a sparkler, a very funny, very savage moralist, and a brilliant mimic * Spectator *This is the book which has aroused considerable advance speculation and well it might; it has a tremendous reader recognition . . . there cannot be much doubt that Mary McCarthy is an exceptional social satirist, with a jackdaw eye and an infallible ear * Kirkus Reviews *McCarthys dissection of this disparate group - highly educated but powerless in a world of men - is witty and merciless but tinged with sadness. * Daily Mail * Details ISBN0349018065 Author Monica Ali Pages 448 Publisher Little, Brown Book Group Series Virago Modern Classics Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780349018065 Format Paperback Imprint Virago Press Ltd Subtitle A New York Times Best Seller Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Audience General ISBN-10 0349018065 Publication Date 2024-08-22 UK Release Date 2024-08-22 NZ Release Date 2024-10-28 AU Release Date 2024-10-28 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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