No bed for Bacon
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Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR001237367
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Vendeur : Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. N° de réf. du vendeur GRP79974455
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Vendeur : AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : Very Good. No Bed for Bacon This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. N° de réf. du vendeur 7719-9780701206994
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Vendeur : Bahamut Media, Reading, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. N° de réf. du vendeur 6545-9780701206994
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Vendeur : Crappy Old Books, Barry, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : Good. No Bed for Bacon (1986) by Caryl Brahms and S.J. Simon The Hogarth Press | ISBN: 9780701206994 Condition: Good As sold by Crappy Old Books Some novels arrive politely, make their introductions, and proceed in an orderly fashion. No Bed for Bacon bursts in wearing theatrical costume, speaking at speed, and making it abundantly clear that historical accuracy, while not entirely absent, has been invited chiefly so that it may be mocked from a safe distance. This is Elizabethan England as filtered through wit, mischief, and a strong suspicion that the past was every bit as ridiculous as the present, only with better collars. Caryl Brahms and S.J. Simon were gloriously incapable of being dull, and this book is one of those rare comic historical novels that seems to take genuine pleasure in being clever. The setting is Shakespearean London, which means playwrights, actors, royal intrigues, artistic absurdities, and all the backstage confusion one could hope for. If you have ever looked at portraits of the Tudor and Elizabethan great and thought they seemed far too solemn, No Bed for Bacon is here to restore balance by reminding you that human beings, in every century, are essentially chaos in expensive fabric. The title alone is a triumph. It sounds like an innkeeper?s complaint, a failed banquet, or perhaps a minor administrative scandal involving Francis Bacon and inadequate lodgings. In fact, it perfectly captures the book?s tone: literary, silly, knowing, and entirely delighted with itself. This is a novel that enjoys wordplay, theatricality, and historical nonsense elevated to an art form. One suspects the authors would have regarded po-faced reverence as something to be quietly laughed out of the room. What makes the book endure is that the comedy is not merely random clowning in ruffs. Beneath the exuberance lies real intelligence, a sharp ear for language, and an affectionate understanding of literature, theatre, and English absurdity. The jokes come thick and fast, but they are anchored in a genuine delight in the period and its personalities. This is not history reduced to farce by people who do not care about it. It is history turned into farce by people who care about it far too much to leave it alone. The 1986 Hogarth Press edition brings with it an extra layer of civilised literary charm. Hogarth, after all, is one of those imprints that can make almost anything look a little more distinguished, even when the contents are engaged in sustained comic misconduct. It feels exactly right that a book this literate and unruly should appear in an edition with a certain quiet seriousness on the outside and cheerful pandemonium within. This copy is in good condition , meaning it has survived the decades rather better than many theatrical reputations. It shows the expected signs of age and reading, but remains sound, presentable, and fully ready for another excursion into a version of literary England where genius and idiocy stroll happily arm in arm. A splendid choice for readers who enjoy comic novels, literary parody, theatrical nonsense, or historical fiction that refuses to behave itself. Ideal, too, for anyone who likes their Shakespearean world with more wit, more irreverence, and rather less marble solemnity. No Bed for Bacon is clever, daft, stylish, and gloriously unserious about the serious business of culture ? which is, in its way, a very English achievement indeed. N° de réf. du vendeur 5987
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Vendeur : The Recycled Book Company, Scarborough, Royaume-Uni
Soft cover. Etat : Good. Clean & tight. Slight fading to page edges. N° de réf. du vendeur 020510
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