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The Emperor Waltz
Philip Hensher
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Description for The Emperor Waltz
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The most ambitious and daring novel novel yet from Booker Prize-shortlisted Philip Hensher. `A novel that's almost fizzy to the touch ... A performance of extraordinary flair and majesty from a writer who seems capable of anything' Guardian `The Emperor Waltz' is a single novel with three narrative strands: fourth-century Rome, 1920s Germany, and 1980s London. In each place, a small coterie is closely connected and separated from the larger world. In each story, the larger world regards the small coterie and its passionately-held beliefs and secrets with suspicion and hostility. ... Read more
The most ambitious and daring novel novel yet from Booker Prize-shortlisted Philip Hensher. `A novel that's almost fizzy to the touch ... A performance of extraordinary flair and majesty from a writer who seems capable of anything' Guardian `The Emperor Waltz' is a single novel with three narrative strands: fourth-century Rome, 1920s Germany, and 1980s London. In each place, a small coterie is closely connected and separated from the larger world. In each story, the larger world regards the small coterie and its passionately-held beliefs and secrets with suspicion and hostility. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
624
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007459599
SKU
V9780007459599
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Ref
99-3
About Philip Hensher
Philip Hensher is a columnist for the Independent, arts critic for the Spectator and a Granta Best of Young British novelist. He has written eight novels, including `The Mulberry Empire' and the Booker-shortlisted `The Northern Clemency', and one collection of short stories. He lives in South London.
Reviews for The Emperor Waltz
`A novel that is always a joy to read ... Read it and allow yourself to become a better person' Independent `Important ... Glorious ... He might have the iconoclastic temperament of a Kandinsky, but he is an old master when he glimpses the cat asleep under the table or the curve of a woman's neck' The ... Read more