The Rack by A E Ellis

The Rack by A E Ellis

Will he succeed, or will all the tortures he has endured have been for nothing? When The Rack was first published in 1958, the critical acclaim was universal: reviewers compared it with the works of Proust, Mann, and Camus and declared it a masterwork destined to take its place among the great novels of the 20th century.

The Rack is not an easy read, particularly now, but it is a vital one, a novel of big ideas with a febrile, twisted sentimentality at its heartIt asks us to consider what makes life worth living, and what, in the end, we would be prepared to die for -- Alex Preston * Observer *
Very moving... A powerful love story -- Sebastian Faulks
There are certain books we call great for want of a better term, that rise like monuments above the cemeteries of literature: Clarissa, Great Expectations, Ulysses. The Rack to my mind is one of this company -- Graham Greene
Quite possibly a masterpiece * Irish Times *
A work of sombre power, of soaring comedy * Sunday Times *

A.E. Ellis was the pseudonym used by British novelist and playwright Derek Lindsay, who was born in 1920. His experiences in a sanatorium, having contracted TB, were to form a backdrop for his first and only novel, The Rack, which was published in 1958. The novel was met with high acclaim critical acclaim, with The Irish Times describing it as "quite possibly a masterpiece". Many fellow authors also praised the work, with Graham Greene writing: "there are certain books we call great for want of a better term, that rise like monuments above the cemeteries of literature: Clarissa Harlowe, Great Expectations, Ulysses. The Rack to my mind is one of this company."

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ISBN 13	9781784877378
ISBN 10	1784877379
Title	The Rack
Author	A E Ellis
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2022-03-17
Number of pages	544
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