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The Mysterious Life of Saki
$29.75
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
3 November 2026
Summary
The short stories of Saki - the intriguing pen name of Hector Hugh Munro - are among the wittiest in the language. Dark satires of Edwardian society, populated by decadent dandies, wild beasts and cunning children, they are the source of the most playfully wicked currents in the English comic imagination, inspiring figures from P. G. Wodehouse to Roald Dahl, Noel Coward to The League of Gentlemen.
But Saki is among the most mysterious and contradictory characters in literary …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399625869 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399625861 |
| Author: | Oliver Soden |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 3 November 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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About The Author
Oliver Soden
Oliver Soden is a writer and broadcaster, and the critically acclaimed author of Michael Tippett: The Biography (2019); Jeoffry: The Poet’s Cat (2020); and Masquerade: The Lives of Noel Coward (2023). Soden’s essays and reviews have appeared in publications including the Guardian, Literary Review, and Art Newspaper. He grew up in Bath and Sussex, and lives in London.
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