The 'People in Glass Houses' work for an American-based concern devoted to 'inflicting improvement' the world over.
Amongst them are sloppy but erudite Algie Wyatt, Swoboda, a Slav DP, who finally rebels against a daily inflow of documentation; modest Ashmole-Brown, whose surprise best-seller unseats Sadie Graine, the all-time corridor fixer; Jaspersen, who falls in and out of love with the Organization; and Clelia Kinslake, who meets the most critical non-crisis of her career in Crete.
Shirley Hazzard's eight dazzling stories are linked by a scorching contempt for the Organization.
For the Great Fire:
- 'A brilliant, brave and sublimely written novel … among the most transcendent works I've ever had the pleasure of reading' Anita Shreve
- 'Exquisitely crafted … the most interesting work of fiction published this year' Books of the Year, The Economist
- 'A profound and austerely gorgeous meditation on the fading of Empire' Books of the Year, Telegraph
- 'The writing is a lesson to us all' Colm Toibin, Irish Times
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Published 02/03/2006
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