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30 de jul. de 2015 · Simon Carter, secretary of the London Zoo, has accepted responsibility and power to the prejudice of his gifts as a naturalist. But power is more than just the complicated game played by the old men at the zoo in the satirical first half of this novel: it lies very near to violence, and in the second half real life inexorably turns to fantasy ...
The old men at the zoo by Wilson, Angus, 1913-1991. Publication date 1961 Publisher New York, Viking Press Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks
Set in a type of near future, this novel is about a doomed attempt to set up a reserve for wild animals. It reflects Wilson's concern for the wild & the tame, the disciplined & the free & ends dramatically against the backdrop of Europe at war.
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The Old Men at the Zoo. Paperback – 23 Sept. 2009. Set in a near future (the novel was first published in 1961 and is set in the period 1970-73), this is Angus Wilson's most allegorical novel, about a doomed attempt to set up a reserve for wild animals. Simon Carter, secretary of the London Zoo, has accepted responsibility and power to the ...
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2 de oct. de 2013 · In Night Waves' second outing to London Zoo, Matthew Sweet and guests discuss Angus Wilson's 1961 novel 'The Old Men At The Zoo'. From institutional in-fighting to our relationship with nature ...
September 15, 1983. BBC One. When Smokey the Giraffe goes berserk, the consequences exceed Simon Carter's worst fears. "The fact is, if Filson's death is a question of negligence, someone will have to pay". A clutch of fanatical old men, a power-hungry Press baron and an international crisis conspire to make his first day as Secretary of the ...
