Mr Chartwell

Resource Information

The work Mr Chartwell represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Mr Chartwell

Statement of responsibility

Rebecca Hunt

Creator

• Hunt, Rebecca

Subject

• Fiction: general & literary
• General
• Large type books
• Modern & contemporary fiction
• Psychological fiction
• Single women -- England | London -- Fiction
• Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction: general & literary
• General
• Large type books
• Modern & contemporary fiction
• Psychological fiction
• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Mr Chartwell is a huge, black dog. In this original, moving, funny and exuberant novel, Rebecca Hunt explores how two unlikely lives collide as Mr Chartwell's motives are revealed to be far darker and deeper than they seem.

Cataloging source

StDuBDS

Dewey number

• 823.92
• 823.9'2
• 823.92

Index

no index present

LC call number

PR6108.U585

Literary form

novels

Summary expansion

Mr Chartwell by Rebecca Hunt was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and shortlisted for the Galaxy National Book Awards New Writer of the Year.July, 1964. At home in Kent Winston Churchill wakes to a visitor: someone he hasn't seen for a while, a dark, mute bulk, watching him. It's Mr Chartwell.In Battersea, Esther Hammerhans, young, vulnerable and alone, answers the door to her new lodger. Through the glass she sees a vast silhouette. It's Mr Chartwell.Mr Chartwell is a large, black dog.He is charismatic and dangerously seductive, but as their lives are slowly drawn together, can Esther and Winston withstand his strange, powerful charms and strong hold? For Mr Chartwell's motives are far darker and deeper than they seem.'Charming, funny, moving, finely crafted and engagingly evocative' Independent'Charming, original, rewarding, entertaining' Financial Times'Brilliantly original and thought-provoking. Hunt tackles a serious topic with humour and intelligence' Sunday ExpressRebecca Hunt graduated from Central Saint Martins College with a first class honours degree in fine art. She lives and works in London. Her first novel, Mr Chartwell, was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and shortlisted for the Galaxy National Book Awards New Writer of the Year