{"product_id":"9781804991053","title":"Shrines of Gaiety","description":"Author: Atkinson, Kate \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781804991053 \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK \u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2023 \u003cbr\u003ePages: 544 \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 32mm \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescripition: \u003cbr\u003eFrom the inimitable bestselling author, Kate Atkinson, a mesmerising novel set in the glittering world of Soho in the 1920s - a place of gangsters and showgirls, Bright Young Things and one remarkable woman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAtkinson on her finest form\u003c\/b\u003e. A marvel of plate-spinning narrative knowhow, a peak performance of consummate control.\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eOBSERVER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is \u003cb\u003ethe perfect novel for uncertain times\u003c\/b\u003e.' THE TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I can think of \u003cb\u003efew writers other than Dickens\u003c\/b\u003e who can match it' SUNDAY TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliant' \u003c\/b\u003eRICHARD OSMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Kate Atkinson is \u003cb\u003esimply one of the best writers working today,\u003c\/b\u003e anywhere in the world\u003cb\u003e' \u003c\/b\u003eGILLIAN FLYNN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e____\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the clubs of Soho, peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets, foreign dignitaries with gangsters, and girls sell dances for a shilling a time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the heart of this glittering world is notorious Nellie Coker, ruthless but also ambitious to advance her six children, including the enigmatic eldest, Niven whose character has been forged in the crucible of the Somme. But success breeds enemies, and Nellie's empire faces threats from without and within. For beneath the dazzle of Soho's gaiety, there is a dark underbelly, a world in which it is all too easy to become lost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith her unique Dickensian flair, Kate Atkinson brings together a glittering cast of characters in a truly mesmeric novel that captures the uncertainty and mutability of life; of a world in which nothing is quite as it seems.\u003cbr\u003e_____\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Seduction, betrayal, and larger-than-life characters that \u003cb\u003ewill have you hooked until the last pag\u003c\/b\u003ee' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This book is \u003cb\u003eone to savour\u003c\/b\u003e, for the energy, for the wit, for the tenderness of characterisation that make Atkinson enduringly popular' GUARDIAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As vividly filthy, populous, dangerous as anything described by Dickens, but writing is closer to Thackeray's...\u003cb\u003eAtkinson is a novelist of unrivalled immediacy, authority, and skill\u003c\/b\u003e.' FINANCIAL TIMES","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45540477370526,"sku":"UBD-9781804991053","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781804991053.jpg?v=1749178060","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781804991053","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}