The Crust on Its Uppers - Couverture souple

Raymond, Derek

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1852422688 ISBN 13 : 9781852422684

Editeur : Serpent's Tail, 1992

Synopsis

'It's a tale of someone who wanted to go and go-who was sick of the dead-on-its-feet upper crust he was born into, that he didn't believe in, didn't want, whose values were meaningless, that did nothing but hold him back from his first nanny onwards. I wanted to chip my way out of that background which held me like a flea in a block of ice, and crime was the only chisel I could find.' First published in 1962, The Crust on Its Uppers, Derek Raymond's first novel (written when he was Robin Cook) is a gripping tale of class betrayal. With ruthless precision, it brings vividly to life a Britain of spivs, crooked toffs and bent coppers - in fact, a Britain that in its bare essentials has changed little over the last 30 years.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Derek Raymond was born Robin Cook in 1931. His novels include A State of Denmark, The Crust on its Uppers, I Was Dora Suarez and How the Dead Live, which was made into a film. The son of a textile magnate, he dropped out of Eton aged sixteen and spent much of his early career among criminals and was employed at various times as a pornographer, organiser of illegal gambling, money launderer, pig-slaughterer and minicab driver. He died in London in 1994.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Serpent's Tail
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1852422688
• ISBN 13: 9781852422684
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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• Personne responsable: non disponible