Jubb (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)

Publisher Marketing: C. L. Jubb is thirty-six, married, gainfully employed, and active in his community, both in local government and as a volunteer youth leader working with disadvantaged boys. But as he narrates the story of his downfall, we begin to see that he is other things as well: a voyeur, a fetishist, a racist, an admirer of Mussolini, and above all, a man obsessed by his sexual fantasies. With its unforgettable protagonist - odious yet pitiable, vile yet oddly sympathetic - Keith Waterhouse's third novel is both a gripping case study of a social and sexual misfit and an unsettling but wickedly funny social satire. "Jubb" (1963) was a departure from Waterhouse's first two novels, the classic of childhood "There is a Happy Land" and the comic masterpiece "Billy Liar," but like those works it was widely acclaimed by critics, who compared it favorably with Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita." This edition, the first in decades, features a new introduction by Alice Ferrebe and a reproduction of the original dust jacket art. 'Magnificent ... an achievement that puts Mr. Waterhouse above all his contemporary novelists.' - "Washington D. C. Star" 'An important book and one of the finest in months ... a fascinating novel.' - "Cleveland Plain Dealer" '[A]dmirable . . . indeed a very funny book.' - "New York Times" Contributor Bio:  Waterhouse, Keith Keith Waterhouse (1929-2009) was a British novelist, newspaper columnist, playwright, and screen writer. He wrote thirteen novels, seven works of nonfiction, and seven collections of journalism. He wrote a column for the "Daily Mirror "for twenty-six years and one for the "Daily Mail "for twenty-three years. Contributor Bio:  Ferrebe, Alice, Dr Alice Ferrebe is a Lecturer in English and Creative Technologies at Liverpool John Moores University.