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Alms For Oblivion Volume III
Series: Alms for Oblivion
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Alms For Oblivion Volume III
Presents an extraordinary series of murders, suicides, affairs, fighting, fires and at least one explosion, blackmail, gambling, illness, madness, lots of parties and plenty of sex. This title includes "Bring Forth the Body" and "The Survivors".
A dazzling sequence of novels about the English misbehaving at home and abroad
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A dazzling sequence of novels about the English misbehaving at home and abroad.
'Brisk, bawdy and reckless' - Evening Standard
'A freak writer, he defies classification. In wilder moments he suggests a loose, lunatic collaboration of Trollope, Ouida and Waugh' - Observer
The Alms for Oblivion sequence is an extraordinary series of murders, suicides, affairs, fighting, fires and at least one explosion, blackmail, gambling, illness, madness, lots of parties and plenty of sex. This series draws to a close with two novels about death and retribution. However, Simon Raven's achievement and the conflicted, colourful or uniquely vile characters he created are not easily forgotten after the last page is turned.
Volume III includes Bring Forth the Body and The Survivors.
'There are some people who consider the greatest cycle of twentieth-century novels to be Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time. These people are wrong. Widmerpool and his joyless accomplices are as nothing compared to the characters in Simon Raven's majestic, scurrilous and scabrous Alms for Oblivion cycle' - Guardian
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Alms For Oblivion Volume III by Simon Raven is praised for its vibrant characterisation, wit, and exploration of societal dynamics within the upper middle and upper classes. The series is noted for its mix of humour and corruption, offering a powerful critique that transcends mere entertainment. The book is also commended for its surreal and original narrative style, drawing comparisons to the works of P. G. Wodehouse.
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ISBN: 9780099561347
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 03 May 2012
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 32.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 373g
Pages: 544
About the Author
Author Simon Raven was perhaps known as much for his controversial behaviour as for his writing. He grew up reading and studying the classics, translating them from Greek and Latin into English and vice-versa. He was expelled from Charterhouse School in 1945 for homosexual activities, having first been seduced at the age of nine by the games master (an experience he described as giving 'immediate and unalloyed pleasure") and went on to join the army. Following his National Service, Raven attended King's College, Cambridge to read English. Raven later returned to the army but was asked to resign rather than face a court-martial for 'conduct unbecoming.' It was at this point that he turned his focus to writing. The publisher Anthony Blond paid Raven to write and to move away from London to Deal, Kent. His works span a multitude of genres including fiction, drama, essays, memoirs and screenplays. Simon Raven died in May 2001, having written his own epitaph- "He shared his bottle - and, when still young and appetising, his bed."
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