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Loading... The Flower Beneath the Foot (1923)by Ronald Firbank
   In and About the 1920s (120) Cooper (32) No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) evil_cyclist | Mar 16, 2020 |  As usual, the story isn't particularly important, just a hook to hang Firbank's incomparable dialogue onto, but for what it's worth, the setting is an imaginary foreign court where the crown prince is on the point of ditching his mistress to marry a horsey English princess. We get a wonderful cast of society ladies, Arab florists, nuns, and British expatriates, all conversing in airy non-sequiturs which generally have more than a hint of double-entendre about them. Great fun, but you certainly wouldn't want it to go on at that level for more than 150 pages. (  )2  thorold | May 22, 2012 | no reviews | add a review
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With an introduction by Alan HollinghurstNeither her Gaudiness the Mistress of the Robes, or her Dreaminess the Queen were feeling quite themselves. In the Palace all was speculation . . .Ronald Firbank, described by Alan Hollinghurst as 'one of the most important figures in British fiction in the twentieth century', first published The Flower Beneath the Foot in 1923. Set on the eve of a royal wedding at the fantastical court of King Willie and Her Dreaminess the Queen of Pisuerga, this is an absurd and often melancholy tale of love.An innovative and much-praised novelist, Ronald Firbank has earned his place in the 'canon of camp' and continues to dazzle in this unmissable cult classic. No library descriptions found. |
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