Alma Cogan (Paperback, New Edition)

Winner of the Whitbread Best First Novel of the Year

In his classic debut novel, Gordon Burn takes Britain's biggest selling vocalist of the 1950s and turns her story into an equation of celebrity and murder. Fictional characters jostle for space with real life stars - from John Lennon to Doris Day and Sammy Davis Jnr - as Burn, in a breathtaking act of appropriation, reinvents the popular culture of the post-war years. As beautifully written as it is disturbing, Alma Cogan remains a stingingly relevant exploration of the sad, dark underside of fame.

Includes a new introduction by Adelle Stripe.

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2019
Authors:	Gordon Burn
Introduction by:	Adelle Stripe
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	224
Edition:	New Edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-34728-5
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-571-34728-2
Barcode:	9780571347285

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