Famous Last Words: A NovelDelacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1981 - 396 pages Famous Last Words is part-thriller, part-horror story; it is also a meditation on history and the human soul. 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 a scandal and political corruption. |
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... Rudecki , who was loathe to cross the floor in case it got him in the balls , stood off a single step , his Browning automatic rifle still at the ready . " Watch that silver pencil , sir , " said Rudecki . " Thank you , Sergeant . Don't ...
... Rudecki , who was loathe to cross the floor in case it got him in the balls , stood off a single step , his Browning automatic rifle still at the ready . " Watch that silver pencil , sir , " said Rudecki . " Thank you , Sergeant . Don't ...
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... Rudecki was bulging in the doorway . " Sorry I was sick , " he said . " I'll clean it up . Quinn turned away . He was not unfond of Rudecki , but there were moments when his ingratiating tone , his incon- gruous thoughtfulness got on ...
... Rudecki was bulging in the doorway . " Sorry I was sick , " he said . " I'll clean it up . Quinn turned away . He was not unfond of Rudecki , but there were moments when his ingratiating tone , his incon- gruous thoughtfulness got on ...
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... Rudecki . " An ' you call yourself a movie nut ? You never seen Bette Davis in Stone Dogs ? " " You mean where she ... Rudecki got out his handkerchief and blew his nose . " What did I do , " Annie suddenly sang , " to make you treat me ...
... Rudecki . " An ' you call yourself a movie nut ? You never seen Bette Davis in Stone Dogs ? " " You mean where she ... Rudecki got out his handkerchief and blew his nose . " What did I do , " Annie suddenly sang , " to make you treat me ...
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