Benjamin Markovits

Imposture (Könyv)

5 495 Ft(Az elmúlt 30 nap legalacsonyabb
ára: 5 495 Ft volt)

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A captivating gothic romance by one of the most acclaimed young American writers of our times.Dismissed from his role as Lord Byron's travelling physician, Dr John Polidori has fallen on hard times. A young man in his twenties of significant ability and handsome features - with more than a passing resemblance to his Lordship - has unfulfilled desires for fame, fortune and sexual advance.Accompanying the poet on a grand tour of the continent, Polidori had literary ambitions himself; but over the course of a summer that would become famous in literary history, Polidori began to suffer, as his father guessed he would, from the 'force of impossible comparisons'. And now, with the publication of a bestseller, 'The Vampyre' - apparently of ambiguous authorship - and the arrival of Eliza, one of that legion of girlish Byron-hunters, Polidori is forced to confront his past and choose his future.With great literary elan and unfailing sympathy Benjamin Markovits' third novel recreates the debauchery, excitement and deception at the heart of Lord Byron's world.

A novel about the effects of greatness, of celebrity, and the lust for fame, Imposture uncovers Polidori's moment of self-revelation, and his temptation to hide from the truth.

Benjamin Markovits: Imposture könyv ára: 5 495 Ft