In Zodiac Light by Robert Edric

In Zodiac Light by Robert Edric

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It is December 1922, and ex-soldier, poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, suffering from paranoid schizophrenia is transferred to the City of London Mental Hospital, Dartford. Neglected by the military and by his own family, Gurney begins a descent into the madness and oblivion which he believes has long been waiting to claim him.

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In Zodiac Light by Robert Edric

"It is December 1922 and the aftershocks of the First World War continue to make themselves felt. Ex-soldier, poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, suffering from increasingly frequent and deepening bouts of paranoid schizophrenia is transferred to the City of London Mental Hospital, Dartford.
Robert Edric was born in 1956. His novels include Winter Garden (1985 James Tait Black Prize winner), A New Ice Age (1986 runner-up for the Guardian Fiction Prize), A Lunar Eclipse, The Earth Made of Glass, Elysium, In Desolate Heaven, The Sword Cabinet, The Book of the Heathen (shortlisted for the 2001 WH Smith Literary Award), Peacetime (longlisted for the Booker Prize 2002), Gathering the Water (longlisted for the Booker Prize 2006) and The Kingdom of Ashes.
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ISBN 13 9780385612586
ISBN 10 0385612583
Titre In Zodiac Light
Auteur Robert Edric
État Non disponible
Type de reliure Hardback
Éditeur Transworld Publishers Ltd
Année de publication 2008-07-14
Nombre de pages 368
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