Folio Archives 285: Good Behaviour by Molly Keane 2012
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Good Behaviour by Molly Keane 2012
Good behaviour was shortlisted for the 1981 Booker Prize, but was not the winner.
This is deprecatingly humorous behind the scenes look into the family life of a decaying upper-class English family as they deal with their large, clumsy and unlovely daughter. The only thing that keeps the family together is their long entrenched good behaviour as they follow the now outdated rules of society. In the end, the barriers start to crumble, and chaos ensues.
With an introduction by Jane Gardam. This 240 page book is a pleasantly delightful read. There is a frontispiece and 7 colour illustrations by Debra McFarlane, and it is bound in brown cambric grain paper, wrap-around blocked with a colour picture by McFarlane. The endpapers are plain dark blue, as is the 23.5x16.9cm. slipcase.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the "Folio Archives" series can be viewed here.
Good behaviour was shortlisted for the 1981 Booker Prize, but was not the winner.
This is deprecatingly humorous behind the scenes look into the family life of a decaying upper-class English family as they deal with their large, clumsy and unlovely daughter. The only thing that keeps the family together is their long entrenched good behaviour as they follow the now outdated rules of society. In the end, the barriers start to crumble, and chaos ensues.
With an introduction by Jane Gardam. This 240 page book is a pleasantly delightful read. There is a frontispiece and 7 colour illustrations by Debra McFarlane, and it is bound in brown cambric grain paper, wrap-around blocked with a colour picture by McFarlane. The endpapers are plain dark blue, as is the 23.5x16.9cm. slipcase.
An index of the other illustrated reviews in the "Folio Archives" series can be viewed here.
2SimB
I enjoyed reading this many years ago. Its about an Anglo Irish family, so that it is set in Ireland, rather than England, is something to know. Though it didn't win the Booker the other entries that year included "Midnight's Children" & "The Comfort of Strangers".
3ian_curtin
I read this last year - a fine book, very funny, but with a sharp undercurrent of the foolishness and nastiness of the characters. The world of the Anglo-Irish "big house" is a fertile setting for novels, this is one of the best in my experience. Sits alongside JG Farrell, Elizabeth Bowen etc.
