The Laughter of Carthage
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Author | Michael Moorcock |
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Language | English |
Series | Pyat Quartet |
Genre | Literary Fiction |
Publisher | Secker & Warburg |
Publication date | 1984 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 602 pp |
ISBN | 0-436-28460-X |
OCLC | 59237630 |
Preceded by | Byzantium Endures |
Followed by | Jerusalem Commands |
The Laughter of Carthage is a historical fiction novel by English author Michael Moorcock published by Secker & Warburg in 1984. It is the second in the Pyat Quartet tetralogy, preceded by Byzantium Endures and followed by Jerusalem Commands.[1] It was written in tandem, one during the day, and one at night, with the second novel in the Von Bek series, The City in the Autumn Stars.[2]
Reception
[edit]Kirkus Reviews criticized the novel, saying: "...though Moorcock may want all the ugly rhetoric to be read as the ravings of a self-deluding liar and knave, the ironies--e.g., Pyat's own secret Jewishness--aren't as clear here as they were in Byzantium Endures. So this 600-page novel, for all its scene-by-scene skill, soon becomes a cold, tedious exercise--short on genuine character or charm, basically shapeless, faintly unpleasant".[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Ian Davey. "Michael Moorcock Bibliography: The Laughter of Carthage". Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- ^ "The Terminal Cafe: Von Bek". Retrieved 18 May 2006.
- ^ "THE LAUGHTER OF CARTHAGE". Kirkus Reviews. 1 January 1985. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
External links
[edit]- "Internet Speculative Fiction Database". Retrieved 18 December 2007.
- "Moorcock's Miscellany". Retrieved 18 December 2007.
- Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento. "The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)". Retrieved 18 December 2007.