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Alms for Oblivion v.3

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Informationen zum Autor Simon Raven Klappentext 'Brisk, bawdy and reckless' Evening Standard 'A freak writer, he defies classification. In wilder moments he suggests a loose, lunatic collaboration of Trollope, Ouida and Waugh' Observer The Alms for Oblivion sequence - an extraordinary series of murders, suicides, affairs, fighting, fires and at least one explosion, blackmail, gambling, illness, madness, lots of parties and plenty of sex - draws to a close with two novels about death and retribution. But Simon Raven's achievement and the conflicted, colourful or uniquely vile characters he created are not easily forgotten after the last page is turned. Volume III includes Bring Forth the Body and The Survivors 'There are some people who consider the greatest cycle of twentieth-century novels to be Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time. These people are wrong. Widmerpool and his joyless accomplices are as nothing compared to the characters in Simon Raven's majestic, scurrilous and scabrous Alms for Oblivion cycle' Guardian Zusammenfassung Presents an extraordinary series of murders, suicides, affairs, fighting, fires and at least one explosion, blackmail, gambling, illness, madness, lots of parties and plenty of sex. This title includes "Bring Forth the Body" and "The Survivors".

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Authors Simon Raven
Publisher Vintage UK
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 03.05.2012
 
EAN 9780099561347
ISBN 978-0-09-956134-7
No. of pages 544
Dimensions 129 mm x 198 mm x 34 mm
Series Alms for Oblivion
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature

FICTION / Cultural Heritage, 20th Century, FICTION / Humorous / Black Humor, Humour, Narrative theme: Social issues, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social classes, Modern and contemporary fiction, FICTION / World Literature / England / 20th Century

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