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27 de sept. de 2022 · Set in London 1926, this novel follows Nellie Coker and her six children as they navigate the dangers and temptations of the Roaring Twenties. Shrines of Gaiety is a Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Best Historical Fiction (2022).
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.
23 de sept. de 2022 · Fiction. ‘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...
1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. 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.
With her unique Dickensian flair, Kate Atkinson gives us a window in a vanished world. Slyly funny, brilliantly observant, and ingeniously plotted, Shrines of Gaiety showcases the myriad talents that have made Atkinson one of the most lauded writers of our time.
27 de sept. de 2022 · 1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. 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.
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.
