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´54
Wu Ming
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Description for ´54
Paperback. Covers a cast ranging from Italian partisans to KGB agents, from American Mafiosi to Parisian lowlifes, and features appearances by Alfred Hitchcock, Marshal Tito and the Emperor of Indochina. This work paints a picture of a past age while commenting on our own. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 398.
The year: 1954, the height of the Cold War.
The world is divided into East and West.
In Naples, mafioso Lucky Luciano and his Mafia minions are busy fixing horse-races, and overseeing the creation of the global heroin trade. In Hollywood, some members of Her Majesty's Secret Service have a dangerous mission for the supremely elegant actor Cary Grant. And in Bologna, Pierre Capponi, a lovelorn young barman, is about to embark on a painful odyssey in search of his missing father, one that will end up taking him half-way around the world.
And bringing together ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099472339
SKU
V9780099472339
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Ref
99-1
About Wu Ming
Wu Ming means 'no name' - and therefore 'anonymous' - in Mandarin Chinese. The five members of the Wu Ming Foundation live in Bologna. Writing as Luther Blissett, their first novel, Q, was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.
Reviews for ´54
Perfect holiday reading... Daft and...delicious... the Wu Ming clan have pulled off [a] coup... Their blend of outrageous burlesque and offbeat satire sparkles like a bottle of the best prosecco from a worker's-co-op vineyard...as many contented readers will notice this summer
Boyd Tonkin
Independent
A sprawling epic... A formidable feat of imagination that moves restlessly between Bologna, ... Read more
Boyd Tonkin
Independent
A sprawling epic... A formidable feat of imagination that moves restlessly between Bologna, ... Read more