A Buyer's Market

A Buyer's Market is the second novel in Anthony Powell's twelve-novel series, A Dance to the Music of Time. Published in 1952, it continues the story of narrator Nick Jenkins with his introduction into society after boarding school and university.

A Buyer's Market
First edition
AuthorAnthony Powell
Cover artistJames Broom-Lynne
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesA Dance to the Music of Time
GenreSatirical, Philosophical novel
PublisherHeinemann
Publication date
1952
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
OCLC54031610
823.91
LC ClassPR6031.O74
Preceded byA Question of Upbringing 
Followed byThe Acceptance World 

The book presents new characters, notably the painter Mr. Deacon and his dubious female acquaintance Gypsy Jones, as well as reappearances by Jenkins' school friends Peter Templer, Charles Stringham and Kenneth Widmerpool. The action takes place in London high society in the late 1920s.

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