{"product_id":"raven-s-alms-for-oblivion-volume-iii-9780099561347","title":"Raven S Alms For Oblivion Volume III","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Brisk, bawdy and reckless'' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A freak writer, he defies classification. In wilder moments he suggests a loose, lunatic collaboration of Trollope, Ouida and Waugh'' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eAlms for Oblivion \u003c\/i\u003esequence - an extraordinary series of murders, suicides, affairs, fighting, fires and at least one explosion, blackmail, gambling, illness, madness, lots of parties and plenty of sex - draws to a close with two novels about death and retribution. But Simon Raven''s achievement and the conflicted, colourful or uniquely vile characters he created are not easily forgotten after the last page is turned. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVolume III includes \u003ci\u003eBring Forth the Body\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Survivors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''There are some people who consider the greatest cycle of twentieth-century novels to be Anthony Powell''s \u003ci\u003eA Dance to the Music of Time.\u003c\/i\u003e These people are wrong. Widmerpool and his joyless accomplices are as nothing compared to the c\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMajestic, scurrilous and scabrous... Raven's novels are joyous in their characterisation, wit and erudition....truffling in the fertile fields of soldiery, academia, business, politics and publishing. Raven's world - the upper middle class and upper class - is peopled by some of the vilest, funniest characters in English literature. * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eA ready made cult waiting to be discovered * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eA truly powerful vision of evil and corruption. This is an achievement which can hardly be dismissed as mere entertainment * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eExciting, sleazy, cynical and funny... Indulgently bizarre sex scenes rub shoulders with sharply observed human dilemmas and relentlessly exposed psychological and political manipulation * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eHis world is as original and surrealist as P. G. Wodehouse's, an alligator swamp in the homely back garden where all manner of nasty things hatch out * Guardian *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732299428183,"sku":"9780099561347","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099561347.jpg?v=1719996319","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/raven-s-alms-for-oblivion-volume-iii-9780099561347","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}