PUBLISHERS OF LITERARY FICTION SINCE 1983
Translator: Mike Mitchell Cover design: Marie Lane
Four men led by the Architect of Ruins construct an Armagedon shelter, in the shape of a giant cigar, so that when the end of the world comes they can enter eternity in the right mood, whilst playing a Schubert string quartet. They amuse themselves by telling stories, which take on a life of their own, with walk on parts for Faust, Don Juan, da Ponte, and G.K. Chesterton etc as the narrative flashes back and forth between the Dark Ages and the Modern Day, like a literary Mobius strip.
A story-within-a-story novel which will appeal to readers who like playful intellectual fantasies and narrative brilliance.
RRP: £9.99
No. of pages: 368
Publication date: 14.01.2011
ISBN numbers:
Paperback
978 1 903517 79 6
Rights:
World English