Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
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1926, 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.
At 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.
With 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.
REVIEWS
"A heady brew of crime, romance and satire set amid the sordid glitz of London nightlife in the 1920s . . . Shrines of Gaiety sees Atkinson on her finest form . . . A marvel of plate-spinning narrative knowhow . . . a peak performance of consummate control." ― Observer
"Sharp, witty and fiendishly plotted ... you don't so much as read it as surrender to it." ― FInancial Times
"Seduction, betrayal and larger-than-life characters that will have you hooked until the last page." ― The Sunday Telegraph
PRODUCT DETAILS
Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 978-1804991053
Pages: 588.42
At 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.
With 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.
REVIEWS
"A heady brew of crime, romance and satire set amid the sordid glitz of London nightlife in the 1920s . . . Shrines of Gaiety sees Atkinson on her finest form . . . A marvel of plate-spinning narrative knowhow . . . a peak performance of consummate control." ― Observer
"Sharp, witty and fiendishly plotted ... you don't so much as read it as surrender to it." ― FInancial Times
"Seduction, betrayal and larger-than-life characters that will have you hooked until the last page." ― The Sunday Telegraph
PRODUCT DETAILS
Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 978-1804991053
Pages: 588.42