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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... Freyberg . Quinn went over to the window and flipped his cigarette out . " Well , " said Freyberg , barely audible , squinting into the corner . “ So this is where the son of a bitch was hiding . " TWENTY MINUTES LATER Quinn was ...
... Freyberg . Quinn went over to the window and flipped his cigarette out . " Well , " said Freyberg , barely audible , squinting into the corner . “ So this is where the son of a bitch was hiding . " TWENTY MINUTES LATER Quinn was ...
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... Freyberg pass into the hall and Freyberg said ; " no . Before I go , I want you to come in here . " " I'd really rather not , sir . ” " Come in , Quinn ; that's an order . " Quinn went in . Freyberg stood behind him and turned him ...
... Freyberg pass into the hall and Freyberg said ; " no . Before I go , I want you to come in here . " " I'd really rather not , sir . ” " Come in , Quinn ; that's an order . " Quinn went in . Freyberg stood behind him and turned him ...
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... Freyberg was standing , blocking the view , in the doorway . Quinn had hoped not to see Captain Freyberg in this particular moment . His equilibrium was frail . He didn't want the burning world on the walls to be joined to the caustic ...
... Freyberg was standing , blocking the view , in the doorway . Quinn had hoped not to see Captain Freyberg in this particular moment . His equilibrium was frail . He didn't want the burning world on the walls to be joined to the caustic ...
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