Famous Last Words
| Author | : Timothy Findley |
| Publisher | : London : Faber, Faber |
| Total Pages | : 396 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| ISBN-10 | : 057120905X |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780571209057 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (057 Downloads) |
Download or read book Famous Last Words written by Timothy Findley and published by London : Faber, Faber. This book was released on 2001 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the final days of the Second World War, Hugh Selwyn Mauberley scrawls his desperate account on the walls and ceilings of his ice-cold prison high in the Austrian Alps. Officers of the liberating army discover his frozen, disfigured corpse and his astonishing testament - the sordid truth that he alone possessed. Fascinated but horrified, they learn of a dazzling array of characters caught up in a scandal and political corruption.Famous Last Words is part-thriller, part-horror story; it is also a meditation on history and the human soul and it is Findley's fine achievement that he has combined these elements into a web that constantly surprises and astounds the reader.
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