The house of rumour: Jake Arnott - Brossura

Arnott, Jake

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ISBN 10: 0340922737 ISBN 13: 9780340922736

Casa editrice: Coronet, 2013

Riassunto

A mind-bending, thrilling journey into 20th-century history and outer space - 'a brightly coloured portrait of our times that is alternatively intimate and epic . . . brilliant' (Independent on Sunday). In 1941, Larry Zagorski was a naive young writer of science-fiction. Seven decades on, he looks back on that crucial year and traces his place in a mysterious web - one that connects the Second World War with the Space Age, stretches from London to Cuba and Southern California, and links Ian Fleming with Rudolf Hess in a conspiracy that reverberates in the present. Could this be the secret history of the 20th century? In a mesmerising novel peopled by spies and propagandists, the conned and the heartbroken, dreamers and fanatics, the question is: who will you believe?

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Recensione:

It may be the ideal holiday read for those who like to take their brains with them on vacation. (Mark Lawson, Guardian)

Highly entertaining and perhaps even mind-expanding, Arnott's high-class conjuring act shows that truth really is stranger than fiction. (Phil Baker, The Sunday Times)

A supremely intelligent book as well as a surprisingly warm one. (Roz Kaveney, Independent)

Arnott offers a brightly coloured portrait of our times that is alternatively intimate and epic...The House of Rumour is a brilliant achievement that invites repeated readings (James Kidd, Independent on Sunday)

If this is that dark Prince Arnott's Jonbar Hinge, the future looks bright. (Andrew Anthony, Observer)

A potent mix of fact and fiction that takes on 20th-century history but remains a page-turner (Elle)

The House of Rumour is a page-turner with exceptional style, depth, thought, camp, counter-history and intrigue. It's both sci-fi/fantasy pulp and an ambitiously epic work of cosmic proportions: a welcome paradox of a novel that boldly toys with the boundaries between high and low-brow art. (Kirkus Review)

It isn't a book, it's a revelation. (Geek Syndicate blog)

Descrizione del libro:

From the author of the cult hit The Long Firm, a mind-bending, thrilling journey into 20th-century history and outer space.

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• Editore: Coronet
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0340922737
• ISBN 13: 9780340922736
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 416