The Colors of Infamy

ISBN-13: 9780811217958 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 128 str.

Albert Cossery; Alyson Waters

Opis

One fat victim ( everything about him oozed opulence and theft on a grand scale ) is relieved of his crocodile wallet. In it Ossama finds not just a gratifying amount of cash, but also a letter a letter from the Ministry of Public Works, cutting off its ties to the fat man. A source of rich bribes heretofore, the fat man is now too hot to handle; he s a fabulously wealthy real-estate developer, lately much in the news because one of his cheap buildings has just collapsed, killing 50 tenants. Ossama by some divine decree has become the repository of a scandal of epic proportions. And so he decides he must act. . . Among the books to be treasured by the utterly singular Albert Cossery, his last, hilarious novel, The Colors of Infamy, is a particular jewel. "