Thomas the Impostor

Author(s): Jean Cocteau

Fiction

Written in 1923 with 22WWl as background, an excellent example of Cocteau's verve, urbanity, and stylistic brilliance. Here, imaginative sixteen-year-old Thomas 'borrows' an illustrious ancestry which both a widowed Princess and her young daughter find irresistible.

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"'Exciting in its mixture of fantasy, horror and hilarity.'- Daily Telegraph 'Words are used as if with a thrusting palette knife, and the effect is at once powerful and striking.' - Scotsman; 'At once the mind turns to Diaghilev and those frenzied days when the Cocteau talents took their first springtime leap. It is in the manner of a macabre ballet that the battle scenes emerge. We feel as we feel in the theatre, and not the less deeply for that.' - Guardian; 'A welcome reappearance' - Gay Times"

General Fields

  • : 9780720612523
  • : Peter Owen Limited
  • : prowen
  • : 0.141
  • : 01 May 2005
  • : 186mm X 123mm X 11mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Jean Cocteau
  • : Paperback
  • : 2006
  • : 843.912
  • : 176
  • : illustrations