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O, How the Wheel Becomes It! - A Novel
Anthony Powell
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Description for O, How the Wheel Becomes It! - A Novel
paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: WZ. Dimension: 215 x 142. Weight in Grams: 284.
The first novel Anthony Powell published following the completion of his epic A Dance to the Music of Time, O, How the Wheel Becomes It! fulfills perhaps every author’s fantasy as it skewers a conceited, lazy, and dishonest critic. A writer who avoids serving in World War II and veers in and out of marriage, G. F. H. Shadbold ultimately falls victim to the title’s spinning—and righteous—emblem of chance. Sophisticated and a bit cruel, Wheel’s tale of posthumous vengeance is, nonetheless, irresistible.
Written at the peak of the late British master’s extraordinary literary career, this novel offers profound ... Read more
The first novel Anthony Powell published following the completion of his epic A Dance to the Music of Time, O, How the Wheel Becomes It! fulfills perhaps every author’s fantasy as it skewers a conceited, lazy, and dishonest critic. A writer who avoids serving in World War II and veers in and out of marriage, G. F. H. Shadbold ultimately falls victim to the title’s spinning—and righteous—emblem of chance. Sophisticated and a bit cruel, Wheel’s tale of posthumous vengeance is, nonetheless, irresistible.
Written at the peak of the late British master’s extraordinary literary career, this novel offers profound ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Language
English
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226132792
SKU
V9780226132792
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