From the inimitable bestselling author,Kate Atkinson,a mesmerising novel set in the glittering world of Soho in the 1920s - a place of gangsters and showgirls,Bright Young Things and one remarkable woman.
1926,and in a country still recovering from the Great War,London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the clubs of Soho,peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets,foreign dignitaries with gangsters,and girls sell dances for a shilling a time. At the heart of this glittering world is notorious Nellie Coker,ruthless but also ambitious to advance her six children,including the enigmatic eldest,Niven whose character has been forged in the crucible of the Somme.
But success breeds enemies,and Nellie's empire faces threats from without and within. For beneath the dazzle of Soho's gaiety,there is a dark underbelly,a world in which it is all too easy to become lost. With her unique Dickensian flair,Kate Atkinson brings together a glittering cast of characters in a truly mesmeric novel that captures the uncertainty and mutability of life; of a world in which nothing is quite as it seems.
Publisher: Transworld Publishers LtdISBN: 9781804991053Number of pages: 544Weight: 367 gDimensions: 198 x 127 x 32 mm
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'A heady brew of crime,romance and satire set amid the sordid glitz of London nightlife in the 1920s...Shrines of Gaiety sees Atkinson on her finest form...A marvel of plate-spinning narrative knowhow...a peak performance of consummate control.'- Anthony Cummins,The Observer
Kate Atkinson
Widely regarded as one of Britain's greatest contemporary novelists,Kate Atkinson made her name with her acclaimed debut novel Behind the Scenes at the Museum,which won the Whitbread (now Costa) First Novel Award.
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