Bedford Park
Appleyard, Bryan2014
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1912. Bedford Park is not just a London suburb: it is a crucible for enlightenment and modernity inhabited by people who wish to better themselves - and those who should know better. It is a singular place, architecturally sidestepping the modern whilst encouraging those with new ideas to take up residence. Into this mix sails Cal Kidd from America. In a coffee-house he makes the acquaintance of Binks, a man whose occupation in the City is vague but he seems to know everybody. And so Cal meets real-life characters like Maud Gonne and Frank Harris, while Ford Madox Ford, W.B. Yeats and Joseph Conrad appear also. Then Binks is gruesomely murdered, and after never really having to deal with anything in his life, Cal the observer now has to act.
Main title:
Bedford Park / by Bryan Appleyard.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Phoenix, 2014.
Collation:
224 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781780228389 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
BRN:
242114