Loved itboth of these books i really enjoyed hangover square more i think though it's been quite a few years since i've read it so i don't remember it that well
Hangover Square (1941)
Others: Positive Hamilton captures the edgy, obsessive and eventually murderous mindset of a romantically frustrated British man in this WWII-era novel. London 1939, and in the grimy publands of Earls Court, George Harvey Bone is pursuing a helpless infatuation with Netta who is cool, contemptuous and hopelessly desirable to George. George is adrift in hell, until something goes click in his head and he realizes that he must kill her.
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