# The Wrong Set: Selected Stories (Faber Editions)

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- Authors: [Angus Wilson](https://www.bookquiver.com/angus-wilson)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2026-11-05
- Genres: Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general

## Description

'One of the few things I would rather run a mile than do is have an Angus Wilson character over for the evening.' (Martin Amis)Illicit queer crushes on a family picnic. A nightclub singer lecturing her Communist nephew. Drunken feuds at the seedy South Kensington Hotel’s staff dance. The eccentric spinsters tempting a little boy to grotesque acts. Welcome to the singular world of Angus Wilson. An overlooked legend of the post-war queer landscape, he casts a waspish, tragicomic yet oddly tender eye across mid-century England. Jitterbugging, espresso bars, spivs, Angry Young Men, teddy boys, satanic masses in village living rooms: all of life is here in these beloved stories. Savage in their deadly anatomy of social class yet compassionate in their portrayal of misfit outsiders, these are mini Austenesque novels-of-(bad)-manners, seething with high-octane dialogue, baroque humour and macabre secrets. Introduced by Margaret Drabble

## Editions

### The Wrong Set: Selected Stories (Faber Editions)

- Publisher: Faber AND Faber
- ISBN: 978-05-7140-476-6
- Pages: 160
- Published: 2026-11-05
- Language: en_US