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 Libros
Louise Levene crea relatos deliciosamente perversos e ingeniosos que profundizan en los aspectos más oscuros de la naturaleza humana, mezclando temas de escándalo, deseo y las inesperadas intersecciones entre la ciencia y la sociedad. Sus narrativas se caracterizan por un estilo agudo e incisivo que captura las complejidades de la vida tanto histórica como contemporánea. La voz única de Levene ofrece una convincente mezcla de entretenimiento y comentario perspicaz sobre las locuras y triunfos de sus personajes. Su obra invita a los lectores a mundos donde prevalecen la intriga y la observación inteligente.
The Harlot's Press
- 352 páginas
- 13 horas de lectura
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...