Byzantium Endures: The First Volume of the Colonel Pyat Quartet (Paperback)

from KateSherrod

Jack Isidore of Seville, CA* as played in the film adaptation by Rade Serbedzija, telling the story of the Russian Revolution from the barstool next to you, with lots of antisemetic rants and flights of nostalgic fancy. Doesn't sound too interesting, but actually weirdly fascinating. There are th...

from dazzyj

A wonderfully tangy picaresque romp through the chaos of the Ukrainian civil war in the aftermath of the 1917 revolution. The scenes in Odessa are particularly delightful.

from ascapola

The first part of Moorcock's Pyat quartet, Byzantium Endures is Pyatnitski's life story from being a boy to the age of 20. A character obsessed about religion, and his own self-worth, he has to duck and dive to survive in the maelstrom of WW1 and the Russian Civil War.

from stevencudahy

Despite featuring one of the most offensive narrators in modern fiction, this is a wonderful read. Moorcock has an incredible command of language and he gives it full rein here. The places, people, and events pop and shimmer with incredible power and you feel constantly present, involved, drawn i...

from stevencudahy

Despite featuring one of the most offensive narrators in modern fiction, this is a wonderful read. Moorcock has an incredible command of language and he gives it full rein here. The places, people, and events pop and shimmer with incredible power and you feel constantly present, involved, drawn i...