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Misfatto negro (1932)

di Evelyn Waugh

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""Black Mischief, " Waugh's third novel, helped to establish his reputation as a master satirist. Set on the fictional African island of Azania, the novel chronicles the efforts of Emperor Seth, assisted by the Englishman Basil Seal, to modernize his kingdom. Profound hilarity ensues from the issuance of homemade currency, the staging of a "Birth Control Gala, " the rightful ruler's demise at his own rather long and tiring coronation ceremonies, and a good deal more mischief.… (altro)
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    Il nostro agente all'Avana di Graham Greene (shaunie)
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    Il colpo di stato di John Updike (pechmerle)
    pechmerle: Another satire, 30 years later than Waugh's, on post-colonial Africa. An amusing contrast of tradition vs. world-wide popular culture.
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    A Good Man in Africa di William Boyd (karatelpek)
    karatelpek: Satire of diplomatic life in Africa
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It has the feel of an early novel by a talented writer learning their trade, who will go on to great things.

In fact it's Waugh's third and comes after, the far better, both Decline and Fall and Vile Bodies.

There is some fine writing here, and the elements of tropical farce are frequently funny. It's a novel "of its time" and the caricaturing of some of the natives is about as crass as one might expect. That said, much of the humour is at the expense of the French and British colonial types. Youkoumian the Armenian factotum is a splendid foil to the British antihero. It would take some robust editing to make this acceptable to modern ears, although the surprise is perhaps how little would have to go. It's not as if the book even _needs_ this stuff.

The real failing though is the weakness of Seth, the central character. A common enough trope, the African prince educated at Oxbridge, who returns home, unexpectedly ascends the throne and then decides to modernise his country, with the aid of his old college acquaintance. But he barely appears. He's mostly offstage, communicating by half-informed memos to the Ministry of Modernisation, as to where best to purchase an Artesian Well.

Overall, it doesn't work. It has its moments and Waugh is already clearly someone who will write great works. But sadly this isn't one of them. ( )
  Andy_Dingley | Aug 20, 2023 |
Seth, el nuevo emperador de Azania, «tirano de los mares y licenciado en Oxford», ofrece a su antiguo condiscípulo Basil Seal –insolente, sofisticado y amoral, una perfecta garantía contra la estabilidad– el cargo de «ministro de modernización» de su africano país. A partir de ahí se emprenden las más descabelladas innovaciones, provocándose un sinfín de intrigas tribales y diplomáticas que desembocan en la anarquía y el caos, y en un auténtico festín caníbal. Esta novela, que, en palabras de Waugh, «trata del conflicto entre la civilización, con sus correspondientes y deplorables perversiones, y la barbarie», es una destructiva farsa que ataca simultáneamente a los salvajes de la jungla y a los de las ciudades modernas, y en la que abundan personajes inolvidablemente cómicos como el inepto y petulante embajador inglés o las dos damas que se presentan para observar el tratamiento dado a los animales en ese país «bárbaro».
  Natt90 | Mar 29, 2023 |
The racist author makes a comedy of 1940s Madagascar's autonomic government and its occupants, including Europeans and other foreigners.

The British legation, which I guess is another word for embassy, gets mail when the train goes to Debra Dowa (Antananarivo). All these slothful English people just hang around living on British taxpayers' money, doing nothing. But there was something comical about one of the letters that came in on the mail:
" 'I say, though, here's something interesting, my word it is. Can't make head or tail of the thing. It says, "good luck. Copy this letter out nine times and send it to nine different friends ".. what an extraordinary idea.'
'Envoy dear, do be quiet. I want to try the new records.'
'no, but prudence, do listen. It was started by an American officer in france. If one breaks the chain one gets bad luck, and if one sends it on, good luck. There was one woman lost her husband and another one who made a fortune at roulette -- all through doing it and not doing it.. you know I should never have believed that possible..' "

It's kind of embarrassing to read some of the authors' words in the story. For example the Emperor's General, an Irishman, is married to a native, who he makes no bones about calling "Black Bitch." In one part of the story, Madame Ballon, the wife of the French diplomat, invites his wife and the General to a dinner at their French Legation. She's so excited about being invited (as she's always been ignored before), that:
"as the time approached Black Bitch's excitement became almost alarming and her questions on etiquette so searching that the General was obliged to thump her soundly on the head and lock her in a cupboard for some hours before she could be reduced to a condition sufficiently subdued for diplomatic society."
Is this supposed to be funny? The guy's not only a racist but he's a misogynist. ( )
  burritapal | Oct 23, 2022 |
review of
Evelyn Waugh's Black Mischief
by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE - February 19-28, 2018

Read the full review here: https://www.goodreads.com/story/show/617353-evelyn-waugh-writing-about-africa-pa...

Africa's a continent. There're bound to be significant differences between the culture of Egypt & the culture of South Africa, between the culture of Liberia & the culture of Nigeria. It's awkward for me to review this bk. I've read so little from &/or about Africa. I haven't read Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth. I have read Melvin B. Tolson's Libretto for the Republic of Liberia, I have read Sony Labou Tansi's The Antipeople, I have read Naguib Mahfouz's Midaq Alley, I have read Fathy Ghanem's The Man Who Lost his Shadow & other bks of, perhaps, lesser relevance such as Isabelle Eberhardt's The Oblivion Seekers, etc..

The point is that reviewing this bk is awkward b/c it's a parody of an imaginary African nation written after Waugh had spent a few mnths in Africa. Africans get made fun of, the British get made fun of, the French get made fun of. It's my impression that everyone gets made fun of equally & that the Africans don't get mocked any more than anyone else concerned. HOWEVER, I'm not African—I don't really know how an African might respond to this. Of course, there're bound to be some Africans who think it's hilarious & others who think it's racist. It was originally copyrighted in 1932. I wonder how differently Waugh might write it today. After all, he's dead so he'd probably have a very different take on things. References to 'nappy heads' or what-not might be passed over in favor of less laden language. From Waugh's 1962 Preface:

"Black Mischief was written after a winter spent in East and Central Africa, an account of which appeared in Remote People and now survives, abridged, in When the Going Was Good.

"The scene of the novel was a fanciful confusion of many territories." - p vii

SO, Waugh wasn't mocking any particular people or country. The opening paragraph below could just as easily be put in the mouth, slightly adapted, of any pompous ruler:

"["]We, Seth, Emperor of Azania, Chief of the Chiefs of Sakuyu, Lord of Wanda and Tyrant of the Seas, Bachelor of the Arts of Oxford University, being in this twenty-fourth year of our life, summoned by the wisdom of Almighty God and the unanimous voice of our people to the throne of our ancestors, do hereby proclaim..."" - p 3

""Do hereby proclaim amnesty and free pardon to all those of our subjects recently seduced from their loyalty, who shall during the eight days subsequent to this date return to their lawful allegiance. Furthermore..."" - p 4

Some history of Seth's predecessor is given:

"Amurath instituted other changes, less sensational than the railway, but nevertheless noteworthy. He proclaimed the abolition of slavery and was warmly applauded in the European Press; the law was posted up prominently in the capital in English, French and Italian where every foreigner might read it; it was never promulgated in the provinces nor translated into any of the native languages; the ancient system continued unhampered but European intervention had been anticipated." - p 10

That just strikes me as realism. Yes, there are African slavers; yes, they want to continue unhampered; yes, such a move is a 'clever' one.

"Now the Empress was dead and Seth had returned from Europe to claim his Empire." - p 14

One of the main characters is an unscrupulous businessman, always venal, always maneuvering for more proft. After he's had a close brush with soldiers, he finds his wife tied up. Typical of his selfishness, he can't be bothered to untie her:

""Krikor, please...you must let me loose...don't you see? I've been like this all night. I'm in such pain..."

""You stay where you are. I can't attend to you now. You're always thinking of yourself. What about me? I'm tired. Don't you hear me?"" - pp 36-37

The cast of characters is an international one. Many or most of them are there because they're too unsavory to get away with what they want to do elsewhere. One of them is General Connolly, the leader of Seth's army, the one who's successfully suppressed the recent uprising. He's a white guy married to a black woman. Seth is uncomfortable with the nickname Connolly has for his wife:

"["]We wish to break down color barriers as far as possible. Your name for Mrs. Connolly, though suitable as a term of endearment in the home, seems to emphasize the racial distinction between you in a way which might prove disconcerting."

""I dare say you're right, Seth. I'll try to remember when we're in company. But I shall always thinks of her as Black Bitch, somehow.["]" - p 48

""Hullo, Black Bitch, what do you suppose this is? Madame Ballon wants us to dine at the French Legation tomorrow."

""You go?"

""But it's for both of us, old girl. The invitation is addressed to you. What d'you think of that?"

""Oh, my! Me dine with Madame Ballon! Oh my, that's good!"

"The Duchess could not contain her excitement; she threw back her head, rolled her eyes, and emitting deep gurgles of pleasure began spinning about the room like a teetotum." - p 157

How wd Waugh write this today? I'm sure it wd be different. & much funnier & more perspicacious than this:

' "Hullo, Strong Symbol of the Future, what do you suppose this is? Madame Ballon wants us to dine at the French Legation tomorrow."

' "Utaenda?"*

' "But it's for both of us, woman of unspecified age. The invitation is addressed to you. What d'you think of that?"

' "O, yangu! Nafasi ya kula na Madame Ballon! Sio tu kutarajia kujifurahisha mwenyewe lakini itanipa fursa ya kumfundisha juu ya masuala ya kisiasa ambayo anachagua kuwa katika kukataa!"**

'The person of eminent integrity chose to not contain her excitement; she expressed her pleasureful anticipation with a talented array of expressive gestures that remained dignified.'

Having already read Waugh's Decline and Fall (see my review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2250721945 ) & Vile Bodies (see my review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2262010402 ) & having then checked out the movie based on the latter by Stephen Fry called Bright Young Things I admit to being enamoured of the partiers depicted therein (not resenting their wealth). I was even glad that Fry gave the movie a happy ending for the Waugh proxy that was lacking from the bk. As such, I was glad to have a bit of that witty playful 'decadence' reappear in Black Mischief:

""Oh, how maddening it is to have no one to make love with except you."

""Sophisticated voice."

""That's not sophisticated. It's my gramaphone record voice. My sophisticated voice is quite different. It's like this."

""I call that American."

""Shall I do my vibrant-with-passion voice?"

""No."" - p 50

A part of what I like about the above is that the 1st sentence might lead you to think that the woman is being very mean. Then the man's reply recontextualizes it as intimate friends playing. There's a pleasant hedonism to it that the Bright Young Things excelled in. The world cd use more of that.

The British Envoy is depicted as the biggest airhead of them all, absolutely detached from any but the most trivial concerns, a person obviously accustomed to being well-taken-care-of w/o bothering himself about much else.

"The Envoy Extraordinary said: "We seem to have tinned asparagus for lucheon every day...I can't think why...I'm so sorry—you were talking about the massacre. Well, I hardly know. I haven't really thought about it...Yes, I suppose there might be one. I don't see what's to stop them, if the fellows take it into their heads. Still I dare say it'll all blow over, you know. Doesn't do to get worried...I should have thought we could have grown it ourselves. Much better than spending so much time on that Dutch garden. So like being on board ship, eating tinned asparagus."" - p 60

He's the British Envoy but he doesn't even know who the Emperor is. I don't suppose that's realistic.

"["]Still, the war's over, William tells me, and I, for one, am glad. It's been on too long. Very upsetting to everything. Let me see, which of them won it?"

""Seth."

""Ah yes, to be sure. Seth. I'm very glad. He was...now let me see...which was he?"

""He's the old Empress's son."

""Yes, yes, now I've got him. And the Empress, what's become of her?"

""She died last year."" - pp 71-72

The story cuts to London & the Bright Young Things where an obnoxious character named Basil appears:

""Look here, Rex," he said, "what I want to know is what you're going to do about Seth?"

""Seth?" Lord Monomark turned an inquiring glance on Sanders. "What am I doing about Seth?""

[..]

"["]I'm probably sailing almost at once. It occurred to me that I might cover it for you in the Excess."

[..]

""I'm afraid I don't interfere with the minor personnel of the paper. You'd better go and see one of the editors about it. But I don't think you'll find him anxious to take on new staff at the moment."

""I'll tell them you sent me." - p 86

[..]

""I'm thinking of going to Azania."

""Oh, were you?—and what'll you do there?"

""Well, Rex Monomark wants me to represent the Excess, but I think as a matter of fact I shall be better off if I keep a perfectly free hand. The only thing is I shall need some money. D'you think our mother will fork out five hundred pounds?"" - p 87

Emperor Seth is leaving with fanfare. He lays down the law about how the populace should act during his departure ceremony:

"No person, irrespective of rank, will be admitted to the platform improperly dressed or under the influence of alcohol." - p 113

& even though he has the power of life & death over them..

"These had not observed the Emperor's instructions to the letter. The Nestorian Metropolitan swayed on the arm of his chaplain, unquestionably drunk; the representative of the Courier d'Azanie wore an open shirt, a battered topee, crumpled white trousers and canvas shoes; the Levantine shipping agent who acted as vice-consul for Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Portugal and Latvia had put on a light waterproof over his pajamas and come to the function straight from bed". - p 116

In short, despite Emperor Seth's vision & severity his plans go awry:

""His Majesty is now ready to start."

[..]

"Then, when all seemed frozen in silence, the engine gave a great wrench, shaking the train coach by coach from the tender to the mule boxes, and suddenly, to the immense delight of the darkies on the roof, shot off by itself into the country."

""The Emperor has given no orders for a delay."

""It is a strange thing I did not foresee," said the stationmaster. "Our only engine has gone away alone. I think I shall be disgraced for this affair."" - p 118

I wonder how many people remember chain letters? Meaning letters that one actually rc'vd in the mail? I made a fake one to put under car windshield wipers once (You can read that here: http://idioideo.pleintekst.nl/W1979.ChainLetter.html ). These days, one can get something similar through messaging & the like but it just ain't the same.

"["]I say, though, here's something interesting, my word it is. It says, 'Good luck. Copy this letter out nine times and send it to nine different friends'... What an extraordinary idea."" - p 120

SO, if you've ever wondered how far back chain mail goes you now know it goes back to at least 1932, the publication date of this bk. According to Mental Floss:

"History can be maddeningly unspecific about certain things, particularly chronology. But when it comes to the history of the chain letter, it’s very possible that Jesus was the first to author one.

"Hundreds of years ago, a story made the rounds that seemed incredible. Fifty-five years after Jesus had been resurrected and ascended into heaven, he decided to author a letter offering wisdom to his human charges. The note was taken to earth and hidden under a rock, which a young and earnest boy was able to lift. From there, the note was copied and circulated, each facsimile bearing a strange warning:

“He that copieth this letter shall be blessed of me. He that does not shall be cursed.”

"As hoaxes go, it wasn’t a bad way to get someone’s attention. Copies of the letter survive from as early as the mid-1700s, proof that people have always had an innate curiosity—and superstition—about chain letters. In the decades that followed, hundreds of thousands of people have received and forwarded letters that promise charity, prosperity, or religious enlightenment.

"The price for not being on board? Usually awful luck. Or death.

"In 1888, a Methodist women’s missionary group was having serious cash flow problems. Additions to their facilities had added up to an astounding $16,000. While the group leaders prayed for assistance, they also acknowledged they might need to take the initiative.

"Just when all hope seemed lost, a woman who had heard of their troubles said that she had a possible solution: Someone had told her that arranging for a chain letter could be a possible avenue to financial reward. Around the same time, the church received a chain letter requesting funds for another now forgotten object, sent to them by someone who thought it would work for this group as well. The head of the congregation, Lucy Rider Meyer, took the suggestions seriously and drafted a letter that contained both a solicitation to send her one dime and to send a copy of the letter to three friends, who would (hopefully) repeat the process.

"Meyer dashed off 1500 copies and waited. The responses came pouring in. The missionaries eventually raised $6000, with many people sending more than a dime and others even using the letter as the inspiration to join their flock. In spirit and cold cash, the chain letter had been a success. Mostly." - http://mentalfloss.com/article/87625/brief-history-chain-letter

Given that I don't believe that Jesus, y'know? the son'a'god n'at?, ever existed (see, e.g., Brian Flemming's 2005 "The God Who Wasn't There" documentary), the idea of 'Jesus' 'inventing the chain letter' is palpably ridiculous (Did he write it on parchment or stone?). However, the idea of chain letters as invented by religious people to try to gouge even more money out of their flocks than they were already getting is believable enuf. I credited my own chain letter as from "a missionary from S. America" & sd the recipient shd send it out "even tho U R not superstitious" & appealed to greed by claiming that "A few days later he won the lottery 4 2 MILLION $s".

The afore-mentioned unscrupulous businessman knows a 'good' thing when he sees it & manipulates his way into the government w/ the aid of the thieving, but productive, Basil:

"["]How about if on your board of directors you had a man of financial status in the country; someone who His Majesty trusts...see what I mean? ... someone with a fair little block of shares allocated to him. He would protect His Majesty's interests and interests of company too...see?"

""That's all very well, Mr. Youkoumian, but it isn't so easy to find anyone like that. I can't think of anyone at the moment."" - p 143

""Unless, of course, you yourself? But I can hardly suggest that. You are far too busy."" - p 144

BINGO!

"Seth was contemplating the wild expedient of employing slave labor to copy his design when Mr. Youkoumian discovered that some years ago an enterprising philanthropist had by bequest introduced lithography into the curriculum of the American Baptist school. The apparatus survived the failure of the attempt. Mr. Youkoumian purchased it from the pastor and resold it at a fine profit to the Department of Fine Arts in the Ministry of Modernization." - p 170

To some, that's just 'good business'; to others, such as myself, that's greed triumphing over civic-mindedness. Seth, on the other hand, is sincerely trying to 'modernize' the country under the influence of his British teachings & is approaching it from the position of someone with unlimited power. His big push is for birth control. Alas, his propaganda poster is interpreted as meaning the opposite of what's intended:

"See: on right hand: there is rich man: smoke pipe like big chief: but his wife she no good: sit eating meat: and rich man he no good: he only one son.

"See: on left hand: poor man: not much to eat: but his wife very good, work hard in field: man he good too: eleven children: one very mad, very holy. And in the middle: Emperor's juju. Make you like that good man with eleven children." - p 172

But Seth is a visionary, not very practical, perhaps, but a visionary — & his vision doesn't stop with trying to get the people to stop reproducing without consideration:

"For your information and necessary action, I have decided to abolish the following:

Death Penalty.

Marriage.

The Sakuyu language and all native dialects.

Infant mortality.

Totemism.

Inhuman butchery.

Mortgages.

Emigration.

Please see to this. Also organize system of reservoirs for city's water supply and draft syllabus for competetive examination for public services. Suggest compulsory Esperanto. Seth.
" - p 173

Imagine having him for a boss, a boss with the power to have you executed for non-compliance. In general, misunderstanding rules the day. Two people from a society against cruelty to animals have arrived in Azania. Their message seems to've been a tad reversed by their Azanian host as one can see by the feast menu for them:

"Imperial Banquet for Welcoming the English Cruelty to Animals

MENU OF FOODS

________________________________

VITAMIN A

Tin Sardines

VITAMIN B

Roasted Beef

VITAMIN C

Small Roasted Sucking Porks

VITAMIN D

Hot Sheep and Onions

VITAMIN E

Spiced Turkey

VITAMIN F

Sweet Puddings

VITAMIN G

Coffee

VITAMIN H

Jam " - p 198

Read the full review here: https://www.goodreads.com/story/show/617353-evelyn-waugh-writing-about-africa-pa... ( )
  tENTATIVELY | Apr 3, 2022 |
'...constitutional monarchy, bicameral legislature, proportional representation, women's suffrage, independent judicature, freedom of the press, referendums...
What is all that? asked the Emperor.
Just a few ideas that have ceased to be modern.'


That was fairly fun. A satire about a small nation of complicated culture and history, with a new leader who wants to replace the savagery of barbarism with the savagery of civilization..
I tend to quite like these small country political stories and have read quite a few but this stuff tends to be a backdrop to the main plot.
These elements arn't used here as the setting for the magical realism of [b:One Hundred Years of Solitude|320|One Hundred Years of Solitude|Gabriel García Márquez|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327881361s/320.jpg|3295655], or the hippie utopianism of huxley's [b:Island|5130|Island|Aldous Huxley|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1375947541s/5130.jpg|3269256], nor the personal dramas of [b:South Wind|1198855|South Wind|Norman Douglas|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1181816741s/1198855.jpg|1186973] or [b:Palace Without Chairs|2686939|Palace Without Chairs|Brigid Brophy|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/book/50x75-a91bf249278a81aabab721ef782c4a74.png|2712263].
There isn't really even anything you could call main characters. It reads at times more like a moviescript than a novel. There is no greater plot, its just this sketch of the life of the island through the eyes of various random elements.

Nevertheless its well drawn and quite funny and easy to read. Also occasionally quite dark at times especially near the end.
Oh, its also quite un-PC, but not in an aggressive way... although i am an extremely white male so your feelings may vary ;) .

Overall a nicely drawn albeit somewhat shallow satire.

Edit: Better than [b:Scoop|30919|Scoop|Evelyn Waugh|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1416017359s/30919.jpg|1001166] not as good as [b:Vile Bodies|142492|Vile Bodies|Evelyn Waugh|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1344264747s/142492.jpg|828762] . ( )
  wreade1872 | Nov 28, 2021 |
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""Black Mischief, " Waugh's third novel, helped to establish his reputation as a master satirist. Set on the fictional African island of Azania, the novel chronicles the efforts of Emperor Seth, assisted by the Englishman Basil Seal, to modernize his kingdom. Profound hilarity ensues from the issuance of homemade currency, the staging of a "Birth Control Gala, " the rightful ruler's demise at his own rather long and tiring coronation ceremonies, and a good deal more mischief.

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