Venusberg
by Powell, Anthony
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1955 edition of the 1932 novel, unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve), red clothbound boards, gilt spine titling, text
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1955. 1st thus. h/b. Very good, 1955 edition of the 1932 novel, unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve), red clothbound boards, gilt spine titling, text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). An English journalist encounters dangerous hijinks on the Baltic Sea in this satirical novel by the author of A Dance to the Music of Time. Written from a vantage point both high and deliberately narrow, the early novels of Anthony Powell nevertheless deal in the universal themes that would define his oeuvre: pride, greed, and the strange drivers of human behavior. Scathingly funny and insightful character studies, PowellÕs early works reveal the stirrings of the unequaled style, ear for dialogue, and eye for irony that would reach their caustic peak in his epic, A Dance to the Music of Time.PowellÕs sophomore novel, Venusberg, follows an English journalist named Lushington as he travels by boat to an unnamed Baltic state. Navigating an elegant and politically precarious social scene, Lushington becomes infatuated with his very own, very foreign Venus. An action-packed literary precursor to Wes AndersonÕs The Grand Budapest Hotel, Venusberg is replete with assassins and Nazis, loose countesses and misunderstandings, fatal accidents and social comedy.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC133122
- Title
- Venusberg
- Author
- Powell, Anthony
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1955 edition of the 1932 novel, unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve), red clothbound boards, gilt spine titling, text
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Pages
- 192
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5"")
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st thus, fiction, Anthony Powell
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
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