Geoffrey Farrington
Autor(a) de The Revenants
About the Author
Obras de Geoffrey Farrington
The Dedalus Book of Roman Decadence: Emperors of Debauchery (Decadence from Dedalus) (1994) — Editor — 44 cópias
Associated Works
Tales of the Wandering Jew: A Collection of Contemporary and Classic Stories (European Literary Fantasy Anthologies) (1991) — Contribuinte — 25 cópias
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Smith, Geoffrey
- Data de nascimento
- 1955
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- País (para mapa)
- England, UK
- Local de nascimento
- London, England, UK
- Pequena biografia
- Geoffrey Farrington was born in London in 1955. He has combined a career in the theatre with helping run the family business. He is currently working on his third novel. Geoffrey Farrington is both the author of The Acts of the Apostates, a historical novel about the Emperor Nero's last days and the editor of The Dedalus Book of Roman Decadence: Emperors of Debauchery
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- Obras
- 3
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 93
- Popularidade
- #200,859
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Resenhas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 6
- Idiomas
- 1
Opening in the early Victorian period, The Revenants follows the unhappy career of John LePerrowne from his initiation into the ranks of vampiredom by his alluring undead ancestor, Helene, through to modern times and his encounter with the ultimate force of evil. He's full of existential angst, pondering the meaning of life, death & a disaffected immortality. The ending didn't quite work for me, but I have the original 1983 edition which was later revised and (I assume from the page count) expanded, so the later edition may end somewhat differently. I enjoyed rereading it enough to want to track down the updated version and find out. A Gothically respectable 4.5 🌟… (mais)