Bibliograph

Shrines of gaiety, a novel, Kate Atkinson

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Shrines of gaiety, a novel, Kate Atkinson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Shrines of gaiety

Oclc number

1304813838

Responsibility statement

Kate Atkinson

Sub title

a novel

Summary

It's 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 at 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 both 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

Target audience

adult

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