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Evening In Byzantium

Evening In Byzantium

by IrwinShaw (Author)

  • Used

    Paperback 1996

    $9.53

  • Used

    Paperback 1988

    $3.50
Synopsis

'They were honest mean and thieves, pimps and panderers and men of virtue. Therewere beautiful women and delicious girls, handsome men with the faces of swines...' 'They were all gamblers in a game with no rules, placing their bets debonairly or in the sweat of fear...' These are some of the characters in Irwin Shaw's bestselling EVENING IN BYZANTIUM. The place is Cannes, the setting, a film festival. The hero is Jesse Craig, forty-eight years old, whose survival is at stake in the midst of this gaudy carnival.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Edition: New e.
 Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 05 Aug 1996
ISBN 10: 1857994477
ISBN 13: 9781857994476
Book Overview: *Irwin Shaw's bestselling novel set in the glare of the Cannes Film Festival. *'As rich a piece of writing as any he has ever done' VOGUE *'Irwin Shaw is a real pro! In EVENING IN BYZANTIUM he writes about show-biz, or at least movie-biz, without sentmental puffery' DAILY TELEGRAPH. *The good old pro never misses a trick in this tense, racy tale of an ageing film tycoon facing up to the facts of life at a film festival in Canne . Rather like an 'in depth' scenario, enriched byShaw's imagination and lush, swift styleHe can still hit 'em' SUNDAY TIMES. *Published alongside Irwin Shaw's NIGHTWORK.

Author Bio
Irwin Shaw was born in New York in 1913 and began his literary career writing short stories, and plays for the stage and radio. During World War Two he served in North Africa, the Middle East and all over Europe, and it was after the war that he achieved widespread acclaim with his first novel, The Young Lions. Irwin Shaw wrote more than a dozen novels, all of which became worldwide bestsellers. A number of his books have also found success as feature films and TV serials, and they have been translated into twenty languages. Irwin Shaw died in 1984.