Hussein: An Entertainment - Hardcover

O′brian, Patrick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393049191 ISBN 13: 9780393049190

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co., 2000

Synopsis

Hussein, a young elephant handler, arranges for a rival's murder using a fakir's curse that sets off a series of adventures that include snake-charming, sword fighting, spying, and stealing a fortune, in a new edition of a novel first published when the author was in his early twenties. 75,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

‘Both books are full of the fantasy that has made O’Brian’s seafaring yarns such a success. Like them, they are full of engaging adventures, curious lore, fond descriptions of food and scenes of battle... Caesar makes delightful, often hilarious reading... Hussein is more sophisticated. Here fully thirty years before Master and Commander was published is the unmistakable texture of O’Brian’s historical fiction. Hussein has it all: the immersion in another world, full of local colour, the delight in a specialised vocabulary, the relish of male camaraderie, travel, treasure and fighting.’
David Sexton, Evening Standard

About the Author:

Patrick O’Brian, until his death in 2000, was one of our greatest contemporary novelists. He is the author of the acclaimed Aubrey–Maturin tales and the biographer of Joseph Banks and Picasso. He is the author of many other books including Testimonies, and his Collected Short Stories. In 1995 he was the first recipient of the Heywood Hill Prize for a lifetime’s contribution to literature. In the same year he was awarded the CBE. In 1997 he received an honorary doctorate of letters from Trinity College, Dublin. He lived for many years in South West France and he died in Dublin in January 2000.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0393049191
• ISBN 13: 9780393049190
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288