The laughter of Carthage : the second volume of the Colonel Pyat quartet by Moorcock, Michael, 1939- instant download

The laughter of Carthage : the second volume of the Colonel Pyat quartet by Moorcock, Michael, 1939- instant download

1 online resource (553 pages), Maxim Arturovitch Pyatnitski, or Pyat, that charming but despicable mythomaniac who first appeared in Byzantium Endures, is back in this second book of the Pyat quartet. Having fled Bolshevik Russia in late 1919, Pyat's progress is a series of leaps from crisis to crisis, as he begins affairs with a baroness and a Greek prostitute while undertaking schemes to build flying machines in Europe and the United States. His devotion to flamboyantly racist, particularly anti-Semitic doctrines-like his devotion to cocaine-remains unabated, and he both sings the praises of Mussolini and lectures across, Print version record, Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction by Alan Wall; Introduction by Michael Moorcock; The Laughter of Carthage; About the Author; Bibliography, Includes bibliographical references