My Name Is Legion Paperback - 2006

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Author: Wilson, A. N.
ISBN: 9780312425142

by A. N. Wilson

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From the renowned historian and novelist comes a stunningly bold new work of fiction set in the darkly glamorous media world. Wilson's London is a bleak, if occasionally hilarious, place--murderous, lustful, money-obsessed, and haunted by strange gods.

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A Bonfire of the Vanities for contemporary London

From A. N. Wilson, the renowned historian and novelist, comes a stunningly bold new work of fiction set in the darkly glamorous media world. Wilson's London is a bleak, if occasionally hilarious, place: murderous, lustful, money-obsessed, and haunted by strange gods.

The Daily Legion is a rag that peddles celebrity gossip and denounces asylum seekers. The secret is that its financial survival depends on the support of a brutal African government. Recklessly defending this corrupt dictatorship, the newspaper faces off against Father Vivyan Chell, an Anglican monk and missionary who is working to overthrow the corrupt regime. They wage a smear campaign against the priest. Freedom fighters join the battle. Violence escalates.

Called "a big, broad, sweeping book, as disturbing as it is funny" by The Guardian, My Name Is Legion is a savage satire on the morality of contemporary Britain-its press, its politics, its church, its rich, its underclass. At times shocking, at times tragic, it is a provocative take on present-day England, delivering both delicious fun and acid social commentary.

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The body which lay beneath the thin white linen sheet was in pain.

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Title My Name Is Legion
Author A. N. Wilson
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Pages 512
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Picador USA
Publication date 2006-05-16
ISBN 9780312425142 / 0312425147
Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.1 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 2.79 cm)
Themes
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Cultural Region: British
Category Fiction - General
Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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New York Times, 07/23/2006, Page 20

About the author

A. N. Wilson is an award-winning biographer and a celebrated novelist. He is the author of The Elizabethans, Our Times, and After the Victorians, among others. He lives in North London.

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St. Martins Press-3PL, 2006. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.