Good Republic

Informationen zum Autor William Palmer is the author of five novels, The Good Republic, Leporello, The Contract, The Pardon of Saint Anne and The India House, and a collection of short stories, Four Last Things. He was awarded a Travelling Scholarship by the Society of Authors in 1997. A book of poems, The Island Rescue, won the Collection Prize at the Listowel Writers' Week festival in Ireland in 2006. He reviews regularly for the Independent and other journals. He lives in south-west London. http://www.williampalmer.info/ Klappentext Opening in 1939, this novel spans 50 years and depicts the central character's life as a political emigre in a run down part of London. He is invited to return to his home city by the renascent nationalist movement where he learns the price of remaining an "innocent" in history. Zusammenfassung Opening in 1939, this novel spans 50 years and depicts the central character's life as a political emigre in a run down part of London. He is invited to return to his home city by the renascent nationalist movement where he learns the price of remaining an "innocent" in history.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Palmer, William Palmer, William Palmer Palmer
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.02.2013
• EAN: 9780099584322
• ISBN: 978-0-09-958432-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; London, Greater London, Second World War fiction, FICTION / Political, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Politics, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern and contemporary fiction, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945)