Lionel Asbo : state of England
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307402110 (hc.)
- ISBN: 0307402118 (hc.)
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Physical Description:
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255 p. ; 25 cm. - Publisher: New York ; Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf, c2012.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A Borzoi book"--T.p. verso. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Pt. 1. 2006 Desmond Pepperdine, Renaissance Boy -- pt. 2. 2009 Lionel Asbo, Lotto Lout -- pt. 3. 2012 Cilla Dawn Pepperdine, Babe in Arms -- pt. 4. 2013 Who? Who? |
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Subject: | Criminals -- Fiction Guardian and ward -- Fiction Hoodlums -- Fiction Lottery winners -- Fiction Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Fiction |
Genre: | Satire. |
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Summary:
A satire of modern society and celebrity culture finds the seemingly simple pursuits of young Desmond Pepperdine hampered by his uncle Lionel's near-criminal habits, which become more prominent when Lionel wins the lottery.
Young Desmond Pepperdine desires nothing more than books to read and a girl to love. Unfortunately for him, he's the ward of his uncle, Lionel. Just as Desmond begins to lead a gentler, healthier life, Lionel wins 134 million pounds in the lottery, hires a public-relations firm, and begins dating a cannily ambitious topless model and poet. Strangely, however, Lionel remains his vicious, weirdly loyal self, while his problems, as well as Desmond's, seem only to multiply
Young Desmond Pepperdine desires nothing more than books to read and a girl to love. Unfortunately for him, he's the ward of his uncle, Lionel. Just as Desmond begins to lead a gentler, healthier life, Lionel wins 134 million pounds in the lottery, hires a public-relations firm, and begins dating a cannily ambitious topless model and poet. Strangely, however, Lionel remains his vicious, weirdly loyal self, while his problems, as well as Desmond's, seem only to multiply