Birth Of A Nation: A Novel by Julian Rathbone
* A heady cocktail of fact and fiction this is a hilarious exploration of the lacunae in official histories, demonstrating that it's the fittest who survive - but the fittest are not necessarily the biggest and strongest. The sequel to the hugely successful A VERY ENGLISH AGENT
Tremendous fun, as Julian Rathbone plays fast and loose with great swathes of American history. . He wears his learning lightly and has a disarmingly flippant side. BIRTH OF A NATION is notable for the sheer breadth of the material it contains. The narrative meanders, but to excellent purpose, as Rathbone finds a succession of contrasting milieus, all superbly described, for his itinerant hero . . . the novel can be recommended without reservation. It has all the ingredients -- a likeable hero, a string of feisty heroines, well-drawn locales, dramatic reversals of fortune -- of the classic English adventure story * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
Julian Rathbone has always set subversively right the things most popular fiction is content to leave wrong. His thrillers are in the fine tradition of Eric Ambler: radical critiques of the way things are, and of the way most thrillers accept that status * INDEPENDENT *
If history, as Marx suggested, repeats itself first as tragedy and next as farce, then Charlie's rollicking version of it is firmly in the second camp * FINANCIAL TIMES *
Clever stuff this. Rathbone writes well, has a vast knowledge of his subject, and is witty * HERALD *
Julian Rathbone has always set subversively right the things most popular fiction is content to leave wrong. His thrillers are in the fine tradition of Eric Ambler: radical critiques of the way things are, and of the way most thrillers accept that status * INDEPENDENT *
If history, as Marx suggested, repeats itself first as tragedy and next as farce, then Charlie's rollicking version of it is firmly in the second camp * FINANCIAL TIMES *
Clever stuff this. Rathbone writes well, has a vast knowledge of his subject, and is witty * HERALD *
Julian Rathbone was the author of many highly-acclaimed novels. Two of which (KING FISHER LIVES and JOSEPH) were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He died in February 2008.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780349118956 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349118957 |
| Title | Birth Of A Nation: A Novel |
| Author | Julian Rathbone |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2005-07-14 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
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