{"product_id":"byzantium-endures-the-first-volume-of-the-colonel-pyat-quartet-paperback","title":"Byzantium Endures: The First Volume of the Colonel Pyat Quartet - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Moorcock\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlan Wall\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Maxim Arturovitch Pyatnitski, also known as Pyat. Tsarist rebel, Nazi thug, continental conman, and reactionary counterspy: the dark and dangerous anti-hero of Michael Moorcock's most controversial work\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished in 1981 to great critical acclaim--then condemned to the shadows and unavailable in the U.S. for thirty years--\u003cem\u003eByzantium Endures\u003c\/em\u003e, the first of the \u003cem\u003ePyat Quartet\u003c\/em\u003e, is not a book for the faint-hearted. It's the story of a cocaine addict, sexual adventurer, and obsessive anti-Semite whose epic journey from Leningrad to London connects him with scoundrels and heroes from Trotsky to Makhno, and whose career echoes that of the 20th century's descent into Fascism and total war.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is Moorcock at his audacious, iconoclastic best: a grand sweeping overview of the events of the last century, as revealed in the secret journals of modern literature's most proudly unredeemable outlaw. This authoritative U.S. edition presents the author's final cut, restoring previously forbidden passages and deleted scenes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Moorcock is the author of numerous novels, including the Elric series, \u003ci\u003eCornelius Quartet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGloriana\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe White Wolf's Son\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received the Nebula, World Fantasy, and British Science Fiction awards and is a Grandmaster of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. As editor of the science fiction magazine \u003ci\u003eNew Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e, he was one of the progenitors of the controversial New Wave movement. His nonfiction works have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Bastrop, Texas. \u003cstrong\u003eAlan Wall is a novelist, a short story writer, a poet, an essayist, and a professor of writing and literature at the University of Chester. His novels include \u003ci\u003eBless the Thief\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e China\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Lightning Cage\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The School of Night\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSylvie's Riddle\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770844184864,"sku":"9781604864915","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4a3e2b79994f194ef152d2936f3f66a6.webp?v=1780379309","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/byzantium-endures-the-first-volume-of-the-colonel-pyat-quartet-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}