num_pages: 214
description: The adolescent Christopher and his soulmate Toni had sneered at the stifling ennui of Metroland, their cosy patch of suburbia on the Metropolitan line. They had longed for Life to begin- meaning Sex and Freedom- to travel and choose their own clothes. Then Chris, at thirty, starts to settle comfortably into bourgeois contentment himself. Luckily, Toni is still around to challenge such backsliding.
language: English
title: Metroland
titlecomplete: Metroland
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, British Literature, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Modern Classics
ratings_count: 3574
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: Somerset Maugham Award
publisher: Picador