The laughter of Carthage
Subtitle: the second volume of the Colonel Pyat quartet
By: by Michael Moorcock
Publisher: PM Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oakland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 553
ISBN-13: 9781604867787; 9781604867763; 9781604867824; 9781604864922
Subjects: Fiction; General; Maxim Arturovich Pyatnitski (Fictitious character); Historical; FICTION
Description: Maxim Arturovitch Pyatnitski, or Pyat, that charming but despicable mythomaniac who first appeared in Byzantium Endures, is back in this second book of the Pyat quartet. 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction by Alan Wall; Introduction by Michael Moorcock; The Laughter of Carthage; About the Author; Bibliography.