Alma Cogan
by Gordon Burn
Title:
Alma Cogan
Author:
Gordon Burn
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
224 pages
Publisher:
Faber and Faber Ltd
ISBN-13:
9780571347285
EAN:
9780571347285
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
302
Dimensions (mm):
195 x 147 x 15
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Price:£7.42
2 copies in stock
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Description
Winner of the Whitbread Best First Novel of the YearIn his classic debut novel, Gordon Burn takes Britain's biggest selling vocalist of the 1950s and turns her story into an equation of celebrity and murder. Fictional characters jostle for space with real life stars - from John Lennon to Doris Day and Sammy Davis Jnr - as Burn, in a breathtaking act of appropriation, reinvents the popular culture of the post-war years. As beautifully written as it is disturbing, Alma Cogan remains a stingingly relevant exploration of the sad, dark underside of fame. Includes a new introduction by Adelle Stripe.
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