Alma Cogan by Gordon Burn

Alma Cogan by Gordon Burn

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Winner of the Whitbread Best First Novel of the Year In his classic debut novel, Gordon Burn takes Britain's biggest selling vocalist of the 1950s and turns her story into an equation of celebrity and murder.

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Alma Cogan by Gordon Burn

Winner of the Whitbread Best First Novel of the Year In his classic debut novel, Gordon Burn takes Britain's biggest selling vocalist of the 1950s and turns her story into an equation of celebrity and murder. Fictional characters jostle for space with real life stars - from John Lennon to Doris Day and Sammy Davis Jnr - as Burn, in a breathtaking act of appropriation, reinvents the popular culture of the post-war years. As beautifully written as it is disturbing, Alma Cogan remains a stingingly relevant exploration of the sad, dark underside of fame. Includes a new introduction by Adelle Stripe.
Gordon Burn is the author of four novels, Alma Cogan (winner of the Whitbread First Novel Prize), Fullalove, The North of England Home Service and Born Yesterday. He is also the author of the non-fiction titles Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son, Pocket Money, Happy Like Murderers, On The Way to Work (with Damien Hirst) and Best and Edwards.
SKU Non disponible
ISBN 13 9780571347285
ISBN 10 0571347282
Titre Alma Cogan
Auteur Gordon Burn
État Non disponible
Type de reliure Paperback
Éditeur Faber & Faber
Année de publication 2019-07-04
Nombre de pages 224
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