Edition:
Paperback
ISBN:
9780571222841
Published:
04.03.2004
No of pages:
208
Alma Cogan
Gordon Burn
How does it feel to be never allowed to die? In his classic début novel, Gordon Burn takes Britain's biggest selling vocalist of the 1950s and turns her story into an equation of celebrity and murder. Fictional characters jostle for space with real life stars - from John Lennon to Doris Day and Sammy Davis Jnr - as Burn, in a breathtaking act of appropriation, reinvents the popular culture of the post-war years. As beautifully written as it is disturbing, Alma Cogan remains a stingingly relevant exploration of the sad, dark underside of fame.
'An extraordinary, unprecedented novel. Audacious, innovative and totally compelling.' William Boyd
Tags
Categorised as:
Fiction
Sub-categories:
General Fiction
Genres & Themes:
Murder;
Nostalgia;
Celebrity
Characters:
Alma Cogan
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