The Noonday Devil - Couverture souple

Judd, Alan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0006547036 ISBN 13 : 9780006547037

Editeur : Flamingo, 1993

Synopsis

Robert Stevens and Tim Albright are in their final year at Oxford. Their exams are looming on the horizon. But more important to both of them is the production of the Jacobean tragedy, "The Changeling", which Robert is directing. The author also wrote "The Devil's Own Work".

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Alan Judd’s ‘Ford Madox Ford’ won the Royal Society of Literature and Heinemann Awards; his novella, ‘The Devil’s Own Work’, won the Guardian fiction prize. His celebrated novel ‘A Breed of Heroes’ was recently screened on BBC1. He is the author of three other novels, and has recently retired from the Foreign Office.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Robert Stevens and Tim Albright are in their final term at Oxford. Their exams are looming larger and larger on the horizon. But more important to both of them is the production of the fierce Jacobean tragedy, 'The Changeling', which Robert is directing. Along with them, we follow the fortunes of Gina, the seductive and enigmatic leading lady in the play; Chetwynd, the bizarre older student who travels around with a revolver; and Anne, the gentle wife of Robert’s tutor. Spiced with humour and anarchy, 'The Noonday Devil' is a masterly work of fiction whose underlying theme, the deadly trap of sloth, leads to an unexpected and almost unbearable climax.

‘A gently philosophical, violently human commentary… a story that holds its ironical secrets to the bitter end.’
DAVID HUGHES, 'Mail on Sunday'

‘Mr Judd has imparted a wholly original flavour… The novel is so well made, so vibrant with life, that it is a pleasure to read.’
ALLAN MASSIE, 'Scotsman'

‘A natural writer to his shoelaces’.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Flamingo
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0006547036
• ISBN 13: 9780006547037
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 364
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible