Modern Classics Famous Last WordsPenguin Canada, 28 juin 2005 - 392 pages In the final days of the Second World War, Hugh Selwyn Mauberley scrawls his desperate account on the walls and ceilings of his ice-cold prison high in the Austrian Alps. Officers of the liberating army discover his frozen, disfigured corpse and his astonishing testament—the sordid truth that he alone possessed. Fascinated but horrified, they learn of a dazzling array of characters caught up in scandal and political corruption. The exiled Duke and Duchess of Windsor, von Ribbentrop, Hitler, Charles Lindbergh, Sir Harry Oakes—all play sinister parts in an elaborate scheme to secure world domination. |
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... once they had started their twisting and turning : round and round and round . He might as well have spent the energy in kneading bread or wringing out sheets as waste it on Mauberley's ego . The one thing he did not ask — and the one ...
... once they had started their twisting and turning : round and round and round . He might as well have spent the energy in kneading bread or wringing out sheets as waste it on Mauberley's ego . The one thing he did not ask — and the one ...
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... once , " said Lindbergh . " Maybe once there was a centre- but not any more . Now there's just ... " " If you say ' two halves ' once more I'll hit you . " Allenby tried to laugh . The laughter wouldn't quite come , but Lindbergh had ...
... once , " said Lindbergh . " Maybe once there was a centre- but not any more . Now there's just ... " " If you say ' two halves ' once more I'll hit you . " Allenby tried to laugh . The laughter wouldn't quite come , but Lindbergh had ...
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... once , Mister Mauberley . Once - and once only . " I was so unnerved by the tone of voice and the fact he refused to look at my eyes that I turned and looked over my shoulder to make quite sure we were really alone . We were . The words ...
... once , Mister Mauberley . Once - and once only . " I was so unnerved by the tone of voice and the fact he refused to look at my eyes that I turned and looked over my shoulder to make quite sure we were really alone . We were . The words ...
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