After Many a Summer
After Many a Summer is a 1939 angel fiction novel by Aldous Huxley. The story is set in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif. and Hollywood. Key subjects include millionaires, Immortalism and California.
29 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 37 editions across 4 languages.
It runs to roughly 314 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.
About After Many a Summer
A Hollywood millionaire with a terror of death, whose personal physician happens to be working on a theory of longevity—these are the elements of Aldous Huxley's caustic and entertaining satire on man's desire to live indefinitely. With his customary wit and intellectual sophistication, Huxley pursues his characters in their quest for the eternal, finishing on a note of horror. "This is Mr. Huxley's Hollywood novel, and you might expect it to be fantastic, extravagant, crazy and preposterous. It is all that, and heaven and hell too....It is the kind of novel that he is particularly the master of, where the most extraordinary and fortuitous events are followed by contemplative little essays on the meaning of life....The story is outrageously good."―*New York Times*. "Mr. Huxley's elegant mockery, his cruel aptness of phrase, the revelations and the ingenious surprises he springs on the reader are those of a master craftsman; Mr. Huxley is at the top of his form..." ―*London Times Literary Supplement*.
Quick answers
Who wrote After Many a Summer?
After Many a Summer was written by Aldous Huxley and first published in 1939.
What genre is After Many a Summer?
It is usually shelved as Angel Fiction.
How long is After Many a Summer?
The median edition has 314 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to After Many a Summer?
Readers who like it often enjoy Genuine Lies, Secrets and The Loved One.
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