19%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
The Revenge for Love
Wyndham Lewis
€ 16.99
€ 13.77
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The Revenge for Love
Paperback. .
Published in the shadow of the Spanish Civil War, The Revenge for Love is a political thriller attacking the fraudulence and feeble-mindedness of life in the Britain of the 1930s. A brilliant satire on a world that has lost its sense of self and been seduced by the appeal of Communism, it is one of a handful of books (it could be compared to Orwell's Coming Up for Air or Koestler's Darkness at Noon) which defined a particular mood and to today's audience gives an unparalleled sense of how Europe turned toxic on the eve of the Second World ... Read more
Published in the shadow of the Spanish Civil War, The Revenge for Love is a political thriller attacking the fraudulence and feeble-mindedness of life in the Britain of the 1930s. A brilliant satire on a world that has lost its sense of self and been seduced by the appeal of Communism, it is one of a handful of books (it could be compared to Orwell's Coming Up for Air or Koestler's Darkness at Noon) which defined a particular mood and to today's audience gives an unparalleled sense of how Europe turned toxic on the eve of the Second World ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141187648
SKU
V9780141187648
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Wyndham Lewis
Wyndham Lewis was born in 1882 and died in 1957. Before the First World War he was at the heart of the British avant-garde and creator of Vorticism and Blast. He fought in the artillery during the war, a time recalled in his memoir Blasting and Bombadiering. His major novels include Tarr, The Apes of God, Rotting ... Read more
Reviews for The Revenge for Love