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Aldous Cotton, commonly known as Gus, a civil servant of dry and melancholy humour, stands observing the November dawn from his North London doorstep. His calm existence is about to be disrupted by two events: the invasion of that unloved piece of imperial territory on the other side of the world, known as the Selkirk Strip; and the arrival of his wife's mysterious cousin, Alan Breck Stewart, a survivor of mysterious pasts, unwitting provoker of destruction. While the entire country embarks on a patriotic binge, Alan Breck Stewart pursues his own peculiar path, leaving behind him a wake of sexual disaster and personal disintegration. Splenetic journalists, strong-willed women, tortuously bland civil servants and West Country Catholic gentry - all come under Ferdinand Mount's finely ground microscope in this tragi-comedy or manners and morals. And in Alan Breck Stewart he has created one of those extraordinary characters who burst from the page in embarrassing abandon.

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Fiction & related items Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

• Plný název: Selkirk Strip
• Podnázev: A Post-Imperial Tale
• Autor: Ferdinand Mount
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 212
• EAN: 9780571260539
• ISBN: 0571260535
• ID: 04624185
• Nakladatelství: Faber & Faber
• Hmotnost: 282 g
• Rozměry: 220 × 136 × 18 mm
• Datum vydání: 18. March 2010

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