Firefly

ISBN-13: 9780099575047 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 224 str.

Janette Jenkins

Opis

A short, sparkling novel about the twilight years of Noel Coward''s life, by the author of "Angel of Brooklyn."
On a secluded hillside in Jamaica lies Firefly, Noel Coward''s peaceful retreat. Here, between sundowners and sunsets, brandies and cigarettes, the seventy-one-year-old Coward whiles away his days -- a comforting, frustrating pattern of unwanted breakfasts, reluctant walks, graceless dips in the pool -- in the company of his manservant Patrice. Both of them dream of a London that is long-gone or imagined: Noel''s peopled with glamorous friends -- Redgrave, Olivier, O''Toole -- and Patrice''s a picture-postcard vision of elegance and opportunity.
Set over a series of summer days in the early 1970s, "Firefly "flits through Coward''s dreams and memories, his successes and regrets, against a sultry, seductive backdrop of blue skies and glistening water. Colourful and contemplative, this is a moving and poignant portrait of old age and friendship, and a life well lived.