{"product_id":"mademoiselle-bambu-paperback","title":"Mademoiselle Bambu - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePierre Macorlan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChris Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eChris Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eMademoiselle Bamb \u003c\/i\u003e is Pierre Mac Orlan's take on the spy novel, written and expanded between 1932 and 1966.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in Hamburg, London, Palermo, Brest and other ports of call in the anxious Europe of the 1920s and 1930s, \u003ci\u003eMademoiselle Bamb \u003c\/i\u003e tells the tales of three secret agents: the melancholic adventurer and accidental spy, Captain Hartmann; his enigmatic mistress from Naples (and a double agent for the Germans), Signorina Bamb ; and the sinister P re Barban on, who retires from his life of espionage and murder to eke out his troubled days in an aptly named \"Boarding House of Usher,\" where shadows are as likely to strangle a man as they are to haunt him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike all of Mac Orlan's novels, \u003ci\u003eMademoiselle Bamb \u003c\/i\u003e is less a novel than a barometer of societal unease, crippling melancholy and dark humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePierre Mac Orlan\u003c\/b\u003e (1882-1970) was a prolific writer of absurdist tales, adventure novels, flagellation erotica and essays, as well as the composer of a trove of songs made famous by the likes of Juliette Gr co. A member of both the Acad mie Goncourt and the Coll ge de 'Pataphysique, Mac Orlan was admired by everyone from Raymond Queneau and Boris Vian to Andr  Malraux and Guy Debord.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 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 January 23, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769864487200,"sku":"9781939663252","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/93ab17ddb7d8edb7c36de09be5abf043.webp?v=1780358599","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mademoiselle-bambu-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}