My Uncle Silas

by H.E. Bates and Lynn S. Bickley

Book Overview

A series of studies of a rural reprobate. Uncle Silas was a wencher, a liar, a poacher, a toper and at the same time he possessed a certain integrity, a rough charm. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0915308622
• ISBN13: 9780915308620
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Graywolf Press
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Charged for hardcover though received a paperback book?

Completely unacceptable-I ordered a hard cover & received a paperback...no option to return to request my hard cover order nor an option to ask for a refund? Not a happy camper and fraud ad if sending not was is advertised

A peek into a life in rural Victorian England

These are not rip-roaring adventures. This is not Harry Potter. These are recollections by the narrator of his irrepressible grandfather, who told wild stories, never slowed down, loved a practical joke, loved the women, and pretty much lived his life as he wanted, regardless of convention. If you enjoy putting yourself into an earlier time (late 1800s) and a place (rural England) that few people have experienced, this is what you should be reading. Some stories better than others, as usual with any collection, but Uncle SIlas will become a character you wish you had known.

A Classic to warm your heart.

The basis of a really outstanding BBC series which did justice to this outstanding HUMAN book.