Alms for Oblivion: Vol. II : Vol 2 [The Judas Boy; Places Where They Sing; Sound the Retreat; Come Like Shadows] - Softcover

Raven, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 009927289X ISBN 13: 9780099272892

Publisher: Vintage, 1998

Synopsis

ALMS FOR OBLIVION is a series of ten novels, all telling separate stories but at the same time linked together by the characters they have in common: soldiers and dons, men of business, politicians and writers. Full of hearty rancour, they form a scathing chronicle of the upper echelons of postwar English society.

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Synopsis:

"Alms for Oblivion" is a series of ten novels, all telling separate stories but at the same time linked together by the characters they have in common: soldiers and dons, men of business, politicians and writers. They are a scathing chronicle of the upper echelons of postwar English society.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 009927289X
• ISBN 13: 9780099272892
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 832