Only when I Larf - Couverture souple

Len Deighton

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0722129866 ISBN 13 : 9780722129869

Editeur : Penguin, 1988

Synopsis

Only When I Larf is a late 1960s British comic thriller describing the activities of a team of three fictional confidence tricksters led by Silas Lowther (late 40s), his girlfriend Liz Mason (late 20s) and wannabe apprentice and Liz-worshipper Bob (early 20s). The novel dates from Len Deighton's experimental period after the three Harry Palmer books.The novel interleaves first-person narratives from Bob (76 pages in 7 chapters), Liz (78 pages in 6 chapters) and Silas (88 pages in 5 chapters). Their increasingly contradictory descriptions of shared experiences contribute to the humor. This unreliable narration adds to the atmosphere around deceiving "the marks", but the characters' different perspectives on their mutual relationship (interspersed with Silas's day-dreams of a dishonourable wartime incident) look more like self-deception and often add a poignant note. The title is explained in a variety of unlikely anecdotes where in each case a critically injured third party bravely replies this when asked "Does it hurt?".

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0722129866
• ISBN 13: 9780722129869
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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