A guest and his going book review H Newby s acclaimed Anglo Egyptian comic trilogy Set in London during the Suez crisis of 1956 it charts the misadventures of Edgar Perry as he attempts peacefully to establish the suburban Helvetia School of English upon his return from Egypt Intent on leaving his experiences of north Africa behind him Edgar finds his quietened life turned upside down with the arrival of his former pupil Muawiya Eccentric and fiercely patriotic to his native Egypt Muawiya s harebrained antics threaten to jeopardise Anglo Egyptian relations as he careers around London causing havoc wherever he sets foot Quite apart from this Edgar has other problems to a grumpy landlord a bored wife and the dawning approach of middle age Justly beloved for the humour of its storytelling Newby s comic novel nonetheless is woven with a seriousness of purpose much of which derives from the author s own experiences in Egypt during the war In a developing comic tone Newby was to explore the same political questions of his earlier work with a levity and open mindedness absent in his starker war novels A Guest and His GoingPercy Howard Newby CBE 25 June 1918 6 September 1997 was an English novelist and broadcasting administrator He was the first winner of the Booker Prize his novel Something to Answer For having received the inaugural award in 1969. The guest list kindle edition H Newby known as Howard Newby was born in Crowborough Sussex on 25 June 1918 and was educated at Hanley Castle Grammar School in Worcestershire and St Pauls College of Education in Cheltenham In October 1939 he was sent to France to serve in World War II as a private in the Royal Army Medical Corps His unit was one of the last to be evacuated Afterwards he was sent to the Middle East and served in the Egyptian desert CareerNewby was released from military service in December 1942 and t Percy Howard Newby CBE 25 June 1918 6 September 1997 was an English novelist and broadcasting administrator He was the first winner of the Booker Prize his novel Something to Answer For having received the inaugural award in 1969. A guest and his goingp to dinner H Newby known as Howard Newby was born in Crowborough Sussex on 25 June 1918 and was educated at Hanley Castle Grammar School in Worcestershire and St Paul s College of Education in Cheltenham In October 1939 he was sent to France to serve in World War II as a private in the Royal Army Medical Corps His unit was one of the last to be evacuated Afterwards he was sent to the Middle East and served in the Egyptian desert CareerNewby was released from military service in December 1942 and then taught English Literature at King Fouad University in Cairo until 1946. A guest and his goingt to the bathroom From 1949 to 1978 he was employed by the BBC beginning as a radio producer and going on to become successively Controller of the Third Programme and Radio Three Director of Programmes Radio and finally Managing Director BBC Radio. A guest and his goingp man His first novel A Journey into the Interior was published in 1946 He then returned to England to write In the same year he was given an Atlantic Award in literature and two years thence he received the Somerset Maugham Prize,

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