Shrines of Gaiety: A Novel (Unabridged) Shrines of Gaiety: A Novel (Unabridged)

Shrines of Gaiety: A Novel (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The award-winning author of Life after Life transports us to a restless London in the wake of the Great War—a city bursting with money, glamour, and corruption—in this spellbinding tale of seduction and betrayal.

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: WASHINGTON POST, TIME, THE GUARDIAN, BOOKLIST


"Set during Jazz Age London, in all its fizzy madness and desperation.... As dark as [Atkinson's] stories can get, within them always shines a beacon of humanity.” Gillian Flynn, bestselling author of Dark Places

1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the clubs of Soho, peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets, foreign dignitaries with gangsters, and girls sell dances for a shilling a time.  
 
The notorious queen of this glittering world is Nellie Coker, ruthless but also ambitious to advance her six children, including the enigmatic eldest, Niven, whose character has been forged in the crucible of the Somme. But success breeds enemies, and Nellie’s empire faces threats from without and within. For beneath the dazzle of Soho’s gaiety, there is a dark underbelly, a world in which it is all too easy to become lost.
 
With her unique Dickensian flair, Kate Atkinson gives us a window in a vanished world. Slyly funny, brilliantly observant, and ingeniously plotted, Shrines of Gaiety showcases the myriad talents that have made Atkinson one of the most lauded writers of our time.

GENRE
Fiction
NARRATOR
JW
Jason Watkins
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
15:59
hr min
RELEASED
2022
September 27
PUBLISHER
Random House Audio
SIZE
986.5
MB

Customer Reviews

BishopReilly ,

Masterful Writer

This is my 4th book by Ms Atkinson. A bit slow start, but opened into an engaging story with wonderful characters. Her writing is perfection in ways I can’t explain.

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