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Sunnyside
Hardback
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Description for Sunnyside
Paperback. By the author of the bestselling and perenially popular CARTER BEATS THE DEVIL, an extravaganza of a novel in which Charlie Chaplin collides with the First World War at the dawn of the modern age. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 402.
From the author of CARTER BEATS THE DEVIL comes a panoramic tale of power and stardom, ambition and dreams that reaches from California in 1916 to the battlefields of France and the icy wastes of northern Russia. At the heart of its enthralling cast of characters - which includes a thieving Girl Scout, Mary Pickford, a charismatic British general and even the dog Rin Tin Tin - lies the troubled genius that was Charlie Chaplin.
Here America debuts on the world stage in the Great War, Hollywood blossoms into a global phenomenon, and the cult of celebrity is born. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
401g
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340829837
SKU
V9780340829837
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Ref
99-10
About Hardback
Glen David Gold was born and grew up in California, where he currently lives. His first novel, CARTER BEATS THE DEVIL was published in 2001, when it was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, and has been translated into 14 languages. His second novel, SUNNYSIDE, was published in 2009. His short stories and essays have appeared in the New ... Read more
Reviews for Sunnyside
A kaleidoscopic tale of romance and intrigue...This is a book to remind you of the pleasures of chuckling aloud in public...After a dazzling debut, he has managed to pull off a consummate, ambitious encore. Sunnyside is a cane-twirling, bowler-doffing triumph
Christian House, Independent on Sunday
Dazzling...a gloriously enjoyable read, with pleasures on almost every page: a novel of ... Read more
Christian House, Independent on Sunday
Dazzling...a gloriously enjoyable read, with pleasures on almost every page: a novel of ... Read more