The Napoleon of Notting Hill
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| Verlag | Penguin Books UK |
| Auflage | 2024 |
| Seiten | 192 |
| Format | 12,9 x 19,7 x 1,1 cm |
| B-format paperback | |
| Gewicht | 148 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9780241698631 |
| Bestell-Nr | 24169863EA |
London, 1984. England has given up on democracy and selects its rulers by lottery. This time it is the turn of clerk Auberon Quin, a prankster who decrees that each borough of London become an independent mediaeval state, complete with costumes and coats of arms. The citizens bear his joke with varying levels of patience - until Adam Wayne, the intractable Provost of Notting Hill, sword in hand, takes the game far too seriously.
First published in 1904, G. K. Chesterton's deliriously eccentric debut novel is a wild, topsy-turvy satire on a land ruled by fools.
Rezension:
More modern than the moderns, more medieval than the medievalists, funnier than all of them-reading Chesterton today is like watching someone give a speech of unimpeachable common sense from the bridge of a departing UFO The Atlantic
