Arcadia

Crace, Jim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 068912158X ISBN 13: 9780689121586

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1992

As his assistant plans a baccanalian fete to celebrate his employer's eightieth birthday, Victor, a man who rose from dire poverty to immense wealth, makes plans of his own.

Review:

‘Presents Crace’s heavily politicised vision at its most ambitious and also at its most Ballard-like’ Irish Times

‘A deeply satisfying read, in which each well-turned phrase resounds in every finely tuned sentence’ Mail on Sunday

‘A celebration of the modern city . . . in such vivid prose that you can almost see the bloom on the peaches, taste the sun-ripened oranges and smell the coffee at the market traders’ stalls’ Sunday Times

Book Description:

‘A celebration of the modern city . . . in such vivid prose that you can almost see the bloom on the peaches, taste the sun-ripened oranges and smell the coffee at the market traders’ stalls’ Sunday Times