The Last King of Lydia by Tim Leach

The Last King of Lydia by Tim Leach

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A brilliant and strikingly original debut novel, The Last King of Lydia imagines the bloody rise and fall of Croesus, 'the richest man on earth', and powerfully shows how happiness, even for those who have everything, is so often elusive.

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The Last King of Lydia by Tim Leach

A brilliant and strikingly original debut novel, The Last King of Lydia imagines the bloody rise and fall of Croesus, 'the richest man on earth', and powerfully shows how happiness, even for those who have everything, is so often elusive.
An extraordinarily assured debut novel, bringing together fascinating research and storytelling talent * Tim Parks *
Tim Leach is in his late twenties and lives in London. He is a recent graduate of the MA writing course at Warwick University, and is now teaching creative writing there on the undergraduate programme. This is his first novel.
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ISBN 13 9780857899170
ISBN 10 0857899171
Title The Last King of Lydia
Author Tim Leach
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Atlantic Books
Year published 2013-04-01
Number of pages 336
Prizes Short-listed for Dylan Thomas Prize (Literary Excellence) 2013
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