Alma Cogan by Gordon Burn
The story of the 1950s popular singer Alma Cogan is turned into an equation of murder and celebrity. This novel, which won the Whitbread Best First Novel Award in 1991, explores fame and the way in which the lives and images of well-known personalities are constantly retrieved and recycled.
Burn, Gordon: - Gordon Burn was 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 was 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. His last book, Sex & Violence, Death and Silence, was a collection of his essays on art.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780749398163 |
| ISBN 10 | 0749398167 |
| Title | Alma Cogan |
| Author | Gordon Burn |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1992-06-04 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Prizes | Winner of Whitbread Prize (First Novel) 1991, Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: First Novel Category 1991 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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