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Land of Marvels
A Novel
Written by Barry Unsworth

Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $26.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-52007-2 (0-385-52007-7)

Barry Unsworth, a writer with an “almost magical capacity for literary time travel” (New York Times Book Review) has the extraordinary ability to re-create the past and make it relevant to contemporary readers. In Land of Marvels, a thriller set in 1914, he brings to life the schemes and double-dealings of... Read more >
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Exam Copy
The Songs of the Kings
A Novel
Written by Barry Unsworth

Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
On Sale: March 18, 2003
Price: $26.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-50114-9 (0-385-50114-5)

Throwing off the heroic values expected of them, Barry Unsworth’s mythic characters embrace the political ethos of the twenty-first century and speak in a modern language. The blowhard Odysseus warns the men to not “marginalize” Agamemnon and to “strike while the bronze is hot.” High-sounding principles clash with private motives, and... Read more >
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