Babylon Revisited and Other Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Babylon Revisited and Other Stories by F. Scott FitzgeraldSet in the year after the 1929 crash and incorporating many autobiographical elements, Babylon Revisited tells the story of the widower Charlie Wales, a reformed alcoholic and successful businessman returning to Paris to convince his in laws to give him back the daughter he abandoned. As the old haunts of the city he used to carouse in seem more and more alien to him, he finds himself assailed by feelings of guilt and regret. Considered one of

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‘The truth is rarely pure and never simple

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there were certain things Katey Kontent knew:· how to sneak into the cinema

As internal political strife and a clash of cultures lead to seemingly inevitable conflict

Le Carré's savage satire on the espionage trade is set in a corrupt universe without heroes or honour

cross-dressing wives and very bad priests

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a reflection on faith and reason and a poem on the joy and complexity of living

important book: both gentle and visceral