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Sep 27, 2022 · Set in London 1926, this novel follows the Coker family as they navigate the dangers and temptations of the Roaring Twenties. Nellie Coker, a ruthless matriarch, faces threats from within and without, while her son Niven struggles with his past and his future.
Sep 23, 2022 · ‘Shrines of Gaiety’ Finds Kate Atkinson in a Dickensian Mood. In this fizzy picaresque, the novelist conjures a London coming alive after World War I, where a nightclub empire offers...
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Sep 27, 2022 · Hardcover – September 27, 2022. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The award-winning author of Life after Life transports us to a restless London in the wake of the Great War—a city bursting with money, glamour, and corruption—in this spellbinding tale of seduction and betrayal.
Set in London in the Roaring Twenties, [1] the book centres on the infamous London nightclubs owned by Nellie Coker (loosely based on Kate Meyrick, the 1920's London nightclub proprietor) and her son Niven, the latter having returned from fighting in the Somme in World War I.
About Shrines of Gaiety. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The award-winning author of Life after Life transports us to a restless London in the wake of the Great War—a city bursting with money, glamour, and corruption—in this spellbinding tale of seduction and betrayal. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: WASHINGTON POST, TIME, THE GUARDIAN, BOOKLIST
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In the clubs of Soho, peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets, foreign dignitaries with gangsters, and girls sell dances for a shilling a time. Read the latest novel from Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety.
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A heady brew of crime, romance and satire set amid the sordid glitz of London nightlife in the 1920s . . . Shrines of Gaiety sees Atkinson on her finest form . . . A marvel of plate-spinning narrative knowhow . . . a peak performance of consummate control. -- Anthony Cummins ― OBSERVER.
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