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The Pendragon Legend Reprint Edition
Author(s): Antal Szerb (Author), Len Rix (Translator)
- Publisher: Pushkin Press Classics
- Publication Date: November 5, 2024
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Print length: 272 pages
- ISBN-10: 1805330667
- ISBN-13: 9781805330660
Book Description
At an end-of-the London season soiree, the young Hungarian scholar-dilettante Janos Batky is introduced to the Earl of Gwynedd, a reclusive eccentric who is the subject of strange rumors. Invited to the family seat, Pendragon Castle in North Wales, Batky receives a mysterious phone-call warning him not to go. But go he does, plunging him into a bizarre world of mysticism and romance, animal experimentation, and planned murder. His quest to solve the central mystery takes him down strange byways-old libraries and warehouse cellars, Welsh mountains and underground tombs.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“The novel shoots back and forth between London and Wales; and, quite astonishingly, there is not a false note in it… Szerb is a master novelist, a comedian whose powers transcend time and language (again, thanks to Rix for his tender approach to the source material), and a playful, sophisticated intellect… There is so much in this book that it is impossible to summarise, except to say that it is a romp, but one which romps within itself; it has fun with the conventions, and has fun with having fun with them, too. It is an absolute treat, deliciously ludic, to be read with a big smile on your face throughout.” –
Nicholas Lezard, Guardian“May Szerb’s entry into our literary pantheon be definitive.” –
Alberto Manguel, Financial Times
