A Dead Man in Deptford
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099302568 (009930256X)
Publish date: April 21st 1994
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Glbt,
16th Century,
Fiction,
Historical
I must admit, it took me a couple of chapters to really get into A Dead Man in Deptford. Author Anthony Burgess takes advantage of his linguistic gifts in an unusual way with this book: he writes it in the style of Christopher Marlowe, the titular dead man.Once I got what Burgess was about, I enjoye...