The View from Pompey's Head

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The View from Pompey's Head

Author	Hamilton Basso
Language	English
Genre	Mystery
Publisher	Doubleday
Publication date	1954
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Awards	Finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction
Preceded by	The Light Infantry Ball (1960)

The View from Pompey's Head is a novel by the American writer Hamilton Basso, first published by Doubleday in 1954. It spent 40 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. The book is set in the fictional small town of Pompey's Head, South Carolina.

The book was reprinted by the Louisiana State University Press in 1998 as part of its "Voices of the South" series. Both The View from Pompey's Head and its prequel, The Light Infantry Ball (1960), were finalists for the National Book Award for Fiction.