The Anti-Death League
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Published:7th Jun '12
Should be back in stock very soon
Lieutenant James Churchill and his colleagues find themselves questioning their purpose. Are they for death or against it? These men of action travel between the barracks, the lunatic asylum and the house of an aristocratic nymphomaniac in search of answers.In this surreal comedy of soldiers and spies, Lieutenant James Churchill and his colleagues find themselves questioning their purpose. Are they for death or against it? These men of action will travel between the barracks, the lunatic asylum and the house of an aristocratic nymphomaniac in search of answers. For while few know the awful truth about Operation Apollo, the mission they are being trained for, fewer still understand the motives of the powerful psychiatrist Dr Best, who thinks he is surrounded by repressed homosexuals, and none know the identity of the secret agent among them. When the Anti-Death League is founded they are at last offered the chance to rebel and perhaps escape ...
To have said so much about the human condition with such lightness of touch ... is an extraordinary achievement * Sunday Telegraph *
Amis amazes at every turn * The Times *
ISBN: 9780141194295
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 17mm
Weight: 224g
304 pages