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 Livres
Louise Levene tisse des récits délicieusement pervers et spirituels qui explorent les aspects les plus sombres de la nature humaine, mêlant des thèmes de scandale, de désir et les intersections inattendues entre la science et la société. Ses narrations se distinguent par un style aiguisé et incisif qui capture les complexités de la vie historique et contemporaine. La voix singulière de Levene offre un mélange captivant d'entertainment et de commentaires perspicaces sur les folies et les triomphes de ses personnages. Son œuvre invite les lecteurs dans des mondes où l'intrigue et l'observation intelligente prévalent.
The Harlot's Press
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
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...