The Quincunx: The Inheritance of John Huffam - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0670851361 ISBN 13 : 9780670851362

Editeur : Viking, 1993

Synopsis

A family in Victorian England is dogged by its history of wealth and murder. A young man's search for justice drives him to the impoverished, corrupt streets of London. He discovers that in the pattern of the quincunx lies a solution to his inheritance and the chaos surrounding him.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Charles Palliser's historical novels include The Quincunx, The Unburied, and Rustication. His fiction has been translated into a dozen languages. Palliser’s The Quincunx was awarded the Sue Kaufman Prize by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He has written plays for BBC Radio and the stage. Prior to becoming a full-time writer in 1990, he taught literature and creative writing at universities in the UK and the USA. A graduate of Oxford University, Palliser lives in London.

Présentation de l'éditeur

An extraordinary modern novel in the Victorian tradition, Charles Palliser has created something extraordinary--a plot within a plot within a plot of family secrets, mysterious clues, low-born birth, high-reaching immorality, and, always, always the fog-enshrouded, enigmatic character of 19th century -- London itself.
"You read the first page and down you wonderfully fall, into a long, large, wide world of fiction."
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Viking
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0670851361
• ISBN 13: 9780670851362
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 1248
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible