The Return of A.J.Raffles - Brossura

Greene, Graham

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0370106024 ISBN 13: 9780370106021

Casa editrice: The Bodley Head Ltd, 1975

Riassunto

This play produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company has as its chief characters A. J. Raffles, the literary creation some seventy odd years ago of E. W. Hornung. The cool daring of the impeccable Amateur Cracksman, always torn between the rival claims of burglary and cricket, ensured his popularity in Edwardian England. Evading the dogged pursuit of Inspector Mackenzie of Scotland Yard, Hornung's character eventually met a hero's death in South Africa in the Boer War. Graham Greene's The Return of A. J. Raffles begins some months after. Raffles' loyal assistant Bunny still mourns his friend's death in Raffles' chambers in Albany, despite the blandishments of Lord Alfred Douglas. A visitor forces his way in - Raffles has cheated death as he once cheated Inspector Mackenzie - and immediately Lord Alfred sees in the Amateur Cracksman and Bunny heaven-sent instruments to revenge and disgrace of Oscar Wilde on his odious father, the Marquess of Queensberry...Graham Green never fails to surprise and delight admirers of his comic genius, and the twists and turns of this story of Edwardian high life, when Raffles returns to the scene of his earlier triumphs, provide a richly satisfying entertainment.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: The Bodley Head Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1975
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0370106024
• ISBN 13: 9780370106021
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 252
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile