A coming-of-age novel that moves from genteel British society to the grim underworld of Paris before the war.
At the age of twenty-three, Charlie Mason is endowed with good looks, good manners and a cheerful disposition. Following three years at Cambridge and one working in his father's business, he is looking forward to a jaunt in Paris with one of his oldest friends. Yet Paris is not what he expects - in just a few days his young eyes are opened to the tragedies and ugly dramas of its underworld.
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780099286851
Number of pages: 272
Weight: 193 g
Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 16 mm
Contrasts the complacency of prewar Britain with the nastiness of what was brewing on the Continent. It remains effortlessly readable - The Times
Brilliant - New York Times
One reads it with a feeling of increasing respect for his mastery of the trade. One has the same delight as in watching a first-class cabinet-maker cutting dovetails - Evelyn Waugh
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