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. |
À l'intérieur du livre
Résultats 1-3 sur 51
Page 16
... voice began to call from the dark . " Down ! Down ! All you people on top get down ! Everyone out of the carriages ! Out ! " The doglike voices and the deadly words had been heard for years by every passenger aboard the train . But only ...
... voice began to call from the dark . " Down ! Down ! All you people on top get down ! Everyone out of the carriages ! Out ! " The doglike voices and the deadly words had been heard for years by every passenger aboard the train . But only ...
Page 201
... voices ; then foot- steps . The voices were raised in protest and complaint but soon died out . The footsteps quickly ... voice as " British " as any she had heard - spoke from the doorway . " Please no one move , " it said . The Duchess ...
... voices ; then foot- steps . The voices were raised in protest and complaint but soon died out . The footsteps quickly ... voice as " British " as any she had heard - spoke from the doorway . " Please no one move , " it said . The Duchess ...
Page 251
... voice shouted . " Vai ele ! Vai ele ! " The Duke of Windsor was leaning back against the table . " O assassino ! " Whose voice was that ? Where was he now ? He took the lighter from his pocket , fumbling with it , failing to make it ...
... voice shouted . " Vai ele ! Vai ele ! " The Duke of Windsor was leaning back against the table . " O assassino ! " Whose voice was that ? Where was he now ? He took the lighter from his pocket , fumbling with it , failing to make it ...
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Expressions et termes fréquents
afraid Allenby Annie Annie Oakley asked Bedaux began Captain Freyberg Cascais chair Charles Bedaux cigarette course damn dark death desk Diana dogs door Dorothy dress Duchess of Windsor Duke of Windsor Elsa Elsa Maxwell Estella Estrade eyes Ezra Pound face fell fingers fire floor Freyberg German glass gone hand Harry Oakes Harry Reinhardt head hear heard Herr Kachelmayer Hess Hotel Hugh Selwyn Mauberley inside Isabella Loverso killed King knew Lana Turner laughed Lieutenant light Lindbergh Little Nell lobby looked Major Gerrard Mauberley's mind Mister Mauberley Nauly never night once Queen Quinn Ratte Ribbentrop Royal Highness Rudecki Schellenberg silence Sir Harry Sir Harry Oakes sitting smell smiled someone sound standing stared stood tell thing thought told took turned voice waited walked Wallis walls watching weisse Ratte woman words