Alma Cogan - Brossura

Burn, Gordon

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0571222846 ISBN 13: 9780571222841

Casa editrice: Faber & Faber, 2004

Riassunto

How does it feel to be never allowed to die? In his classic debut novel, Gordon Burn takes Britain's biggest selling vocalist of the 1950s and turns her story into an equation of celebrity and murder. Fictional characters jostle for space with real life stars - from John Lennon to Doris Day and Sammy Davis Jnr - as Burn, in a breathtaking act of appropriation, reinvents the popular culture of the post-war years. As beautifully written as it is disturbing, Alma Cogan remains a stingingly relevant exploration of the sad, dark underside of fame. 'An extraordinary, unprecedented novel. Audacious, innovative and totally compelling.' William Boyd

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Descrizione del libro:

Alma Cogan is Gordon Burn's classic début novel, a breathtaking act of appropriation and reinvention of the popular culture of the post-war years.

L'autore:

Gordon Burn is the author of four novels, Alma Cogan (winner of the Whitbread First Novel Prize), Fullalove, The North of England Home Service and Born Yesterday. He is also the author of the non-fiction titles Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son, Pocket Money, Happy Like Murderers, On The Way to Work (with Damien Hirst) and Best and Edwards.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0571222846
• ISBN 13: 9780571222841
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 208