Publications
Patrick Hamilton: A life, by Sean French, published 22 November 1993 (258 pp., Faber & Faber, ISBN-10: 0571143539 & ISBN-13: 9780571143535) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:Patrick Hamilton, born in Hassocks, author of "Rope" and "Gaslight", had a life full of strange contradictions. He came from a family of powerful literary failures, and yet he made his name internationally while in his mid-20s. He became a committed Marxist but married - twice - into the aristocracy and although his family was wealthy, he was drawn to the poor and genteel.