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![]() | The Law of Delay (1970) Interviews And Outerviews A non fiction book by C Northcote Parkinson |
As the clock chimed the turn of the twentieth century, Lilly Nelly Aphrodite took her first breath. Born to a cabaret dancer and soon orphaned in a scandalous murder-suicide, Lilly finds refuge at a Catholic orphanage, coming under the wing of the, at times, severe Sister August, the first in a string of lost loves. There she meets Hanne Schmidt, a teen prostitute, and forms a bond that will last them through tumultuous love affairs, disastrous marriages, and destitution during the First World War and the subsequent economic collapse. As the century progresses, Lilly and Hanne move from the tawdry glamour of the tingle-tangle nightclubs to the shadow world of health films before Lilly finds success and stardom in the new medium of motion pictures and ultimately falls in love with a man whose fate could cost her everything she has worked for or help her discover her true self. Gripping and darkly seductive, The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite showcases all the glitter and splendor of the brief heyday of the Weimar Republic, and the rise of Hollywood to its golden age.As it foreshadows the horrors of the Second World War, the novel asks what price is paid when identity becomes unfixed and the social order is upended.
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Hardback Editions
August 2008 : Hardback
| Title: Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite Author(s): Beatrice Colin ISBN: 0-7195-2071-1 / 978-0-7195-2071-6 (UK edition) Publisher: John Murray Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1971 : Hardback
| Title: THE LAW OF DELAY Author(s): C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Availability: Amazon More details... |
January 1970 : Hardback
| Title: The Law of Delay: Interviews and Outerviews Author(s): C. Northcote Parkinson Publisher: John Murray Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
1970 : Hardback
| Title: THE LAW OF DELAY: INTERVIEWS AND OUTERVIEWS. Author(s): C. Northcote. Parkinson Publisher: John Murray Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
December 1978 : Paperback
| Title: The Law of Delay: Interviews and Outerviews Author(s): C.Northcote Parkinson ISBN: 0-14-004630-5 / 978-0-14-004630-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
March 1972 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: The Law of Delay Author(s): C. Northcote Parkinson ISBN: 0-345-22565-1 / 978-0-345-22565-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Ballantine Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1972 : Paperback
| Title: The law of delay;: Interviews and outerviews Author(s): C. Northcote Parkinson Publisher: Ballantine Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
October 1971 : Paperback
| Title: Law of Delay: Interviews and Outerviews Author(s): C. Northcote Parkinson ISBN: 0-7195-2580-2 / 978-0-7195-2580-3 (UK edition) Publisher: John Murray Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1970 : Paperback
| Title: The Law Of Delay Author(s): C. Northcote Parkinson Publisher: John Murray Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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