These are three short novels written by the (mostly) playwright Patrick Hamilton in the early 1930s about his time as a youngish not quite writer making all the same mistakes we all made. He is best know for Rope and Gaslight which became movies. The Midnight Bell This first novel takes its name from the the name of the pub which is the center of all three novels. We meet Bob, the beloved half-Irish/half-American bartender who’s going to be a writer some day. For now, he’s saving up […]