by John Wain · Longman · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780582537934
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«Strike the Father Dead» is the novel by John Wain, published by Longman in 1978 in paperback (96 pages, in English).
Jeremy grows up in England in the thirties and fifties, marked by his difficult relationship with his father, Professor Coleman. Jazz, Jeremy's great passion, becomes a symbol of freedom against an oppressive education and takes him through nightclubs in London and Paris as he seeks his own identity.
Edition from the Longman Structural Readers series, level 6. The title alludes to a line from Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida.
Intended for students of English as a foreign language (EFL/TEFL/TESOL) looking for graded readers.
John Barrington Wain CBE was an English poet, novelist, and critic, associated with the literary group known as "The Movement". He worked for most of his life as a freelance journalist and author, writing and reviewing for newspapers and the radio.
