Laburnum Grove [Paperback]

Ferndale, Laburnum Grove. A quiet, residential address in one of the newer north London suburbs. George Radfern, decent, respectable citizen and householder spends his Sunday evenings in his greenhouse, listening to Handel on the wireless. But when his grasping in-laws and daughter's obnoxious beau try to coax more money from him, George makes an unlikely confession.

An exploration of greed and dishonesty in suburban England, Priestley observes the facade of middle class respectability, and its crooked undercurrent with verve and humanity in this immorally comic story of money, family, and criminality.

J.B. Priestley was born in 1894 in Bradford, Yorkshire. His plays dominated the London stage from the 1930s to the 1950s with such classics asDangerous Corner,Eden End,Laburnum Grove,I Have Been Here Before,Time and the Conways,When We Are Married,Johnson Over Jordan,They Came to a City,An Inspector Calls,The Linden Tree,Summer Day's DreamandThe Glass Cage. His many novels includeThe Good Companions,Angel Pavement,Bright DayandLost Empires. During the Second World War, he established a new reputation as a broadcaster and social commentator. He died in 1984.