Guignol's Band (Paperback)

Celine's third novel, first published in 1944 but dealing with events taking place during the First World War, Guignol's Band follows the narrator's meanderings through London after he has been demobilized due to a war injury. The result is a frank, uncompromising, yet grotesquely funny portrayal of the English capital's seedy underworld, peopled by prostitutes, pimps and schemers. Often considered to be Celine's funniest work, Guignol's Band showcases its author's idiosyncratic style at its finest, frantically blending slang, invective, onomatopoeia with literary language, and bridging the gap between gritty realism and absurd mysticism.

General

Imprint:	Alma Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2012
First published:	October 2011
Authors:	Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Translators:	Bernard Frechtman • Jack Nile
Dimensions:	198 x 128 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-1-84749-199-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction
LSN:	1-84749-199-5
Barcode:	9781847491992

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