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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... looked up then . " So that's what you mean by ' us ' ? A sort of peace movement ? " " No. Not quite . " Allenby looked away . " You know , this has an awful ring of conspir- acy to it , Gus . I like it less and less and I like you less ...
... looked up then . " So that's what you mean by ' us ' ? A sort of peace movement ? " " No. Not quite . " Allenby looked away . " You know , this has an awful ring of conspir- acy to it , Gus . I like it less and less and I like you less ...
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... looked very hard at me . So hard I wanted desperately to look away . But I refused . I admired this young man . I had read his poetry and I thought very highly of it . How could I look away , no matter what he said . Ernest had not looked ...
... looked very hard at me . So hard I wanted desperately to look away . But I refused . I admired this young man . I had read his poetry and I thought very highly of it . How could I look away , no matter what he said . Ernest had not looked ...
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... looked at the table . Yes . von Ribbentrop moved one hand a little closer over the cloth , like a crab , moving sideways . I thought I had never seen such enormous fingers . I was spellbound , wondering if he would dare to touch her ...
... looked at the table . Yes . von Ribbentrop moved one hand a little closer over the cloth , like a crab , moving sideways . I thought I had never seen such enormous fingers . I was spellbound , wondering if he would dare to touch her ...
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