{"product_id":"laughter-of-carthage-the-second-volume-of-the-colonel-pyat-quartet-paperback","title":"Laughter of Carthage: The Second 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\u003eMaxim Arturovitch Pyatnitski, that charming but despicable mythomaniac who first appeared in \u003cem\u003eByzantium Endures\u003c\/em\u003e, is back. Having fled Bolshevik Russia in late 1919, Pyat's progress is a series of leaps from crisis to crisis, as he begins affairs with a Baroness and a Greek prostitute while undertaking schemes to build flying machines in Europe and the United States. His devotion to flamboyantly racist, particularly anti-Semitic doctrines--like his devotion to cocaine--remains unabated, and he both sings the praises of Mussolini and lectures across America for the Ku Klux Klan. (His best kept secret is of course, the fact that he is Jewish.) As the novel ends, Pyat is in Hollywood--his new Byzantium--hobnobbing with movie stars and dreaming of making films like those of his hero, D.W. Griffith.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEngineer, braggart, addict, Pyat is a magnificent invention, a genius of innocent vituperation: his finest achievement (and that of the author) is that his own warped and deluded vision is powerful enough to redefine reality. This authoritative edition presents the first time this work has been available in paperback in the U.S., along with a new introduction by Alan Wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Moorcock\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author of more than 80 works of fiction and nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eThe Cornelius Quartet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Elric: The Stealer of Souls\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. His nonfiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Bastrop, Texas. \u003cb\u003eAlan Wall\u003c\/b\u003e 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\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 552\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.34 x 8.98 x 6.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 05, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770844217632,"sku":"9781604864922","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3ece752ac3d9a0ae6ab1ff73d63435f9.webp?v=1780379309","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/laughter-of-carthage-the-second-volume-of-the-colonel-pyat-quartet-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}