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The ruling class

Peter Barnes

1969114 pagesabout 2–3 hours
1969
first published
  • 1969Grove Press · 114 pages · ENG
  • 1969Grove Pr. · 114 pages
  • 1969Heinemann Educational · 115 pages · ENGISBN 9780435230555
  • 1969Heinemann Educational · 115 pages · ENG
  • 1988Heinemann Educational Books · 114 pages · ENGISBN 9780435209650

Devastating satire on the British upper classes, the 14th Earl of Gurney fresh from an insane asylum claims his inheritance. Gurney believes himself to be Jesus Christ - is contrasted with the rest of the family's sane evil. He finally is "cured" and becomes a blood thirsty Tory who is therefore sane and eminently acceptable to the house of Lords.

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