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The Folks That Live on the Hill

by Kingsley Amis · 1990

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Retired librarian Harry Caldecote longs to revel in the pleasures of the 1980s during his waning years but has a problem—a nagging sense of responsibility for everyone he knows. A wickedly funny novel of desire versus duty.

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1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisLondonLondonMore like thisLess of this
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