num_pages: 192
description: The journals of a club which called itself the Lunatic a group of amiable eccentrics who spend their time trying to do the impossible. At first they are nothing more than four whimsical idiots with no sense of responsibility, clowning outrageously for the sake of clowning. But soon they begin to see themselves as men with a for they find that they are the only people left in England who are still defending the individual soul against conformity, wealth, and the super-state.As they find their buffoonery hemmed in more and more by official regulations, their pranks turn into a form of rebellion. The humor remains, but it takes on a purpose. And in the process, the tenuously connected stories turn into a novel. The book ends in a kind of crescendo of madness, which is at once a parable, and a clear call to arms (or at least a thought) for individuals in our Age of Conformity.
language: English
title: Tales of the Long Bow
titlecomplete: Tales of the Long Bow
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Classics, British Literature, Catholic, Literature, Short Stories
ratings_count: 147
publisher: Darwen Finlayson Ltd