An Education meets The Talented Mr Ripley in dark comic gem of a novel that recreates the grubby glamour of early sixties LondonA BBC Radio Four Book at Bedtime
Louise Levene Libri
Louise Levene crea racconti deliziosamente malvagi e spiritosi che approfondiscono gli aspetti più oscuri della natura umana, mescolando temi di scandalo, desiderio e le inaspettate intersezioni tra scienza e società. Le sue narrazioni sono caratterizzate da uno stile acuto e incisivo che cattura le complessità della vita sia storica che contemporanea. La voce unica di Levene offre un avvincente mix di intrattenimento e commento perspicace sulle follie e i trionfi dei suoi personaggi. Il suo lavoro invita i lettori in mondi dove prevalgono l'intrigo e l'osservazione intelligente.
The Harlot's Press
- 352pagine
- 13 ore di lettura
London, 1820: George IV is to be crowned King at last. But will his estranged wife Caroline be allowed to join him as Queen? The city is in turmoil, as her radical supporters rally to her cause and threaten to overturn the government. Into this tumultuous world is thrown Nell Wingfield, a gutsy seventeen-year-old printer of political pamphlets. Nell has recently returned home after a six-month absence. After her mother's death, she was duped into working at one of the Houses of the Quality, the brothels on St James's, turning tricks with men at the heart of the English establishment. When one of them - a key protagonist in the plot to keep Caroline from the throne - was found dead in his bed, it was time for Nell to leave...