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London Bridge follows Celine’s autobiographical narrator as he navigates the sordid streets of wartime London, engaging with pimps, prostitutes, and Inspector Matthew of Scotland Yard. The novel continues the saga begun in Guignol's Band (1944), culminating in a scandalous affair with a baronet’s 14‑year‑old daughter. Employing Celine’s famous, rapid‑fire prose and lyrical ellipses, the book paints a vivid, harrowing portrait of London during the Great War. The narrative is rendered in Dominic Di Bernardi’s dynamic English translation.
First publish date: 1995
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Louis-Ferdinand Celine
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