The Laughter of Carthage explained

The Laughter of Carthage
Author:Michael Moorcock
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Series:Pyat Quartet
Genre:Literary Fiction
Publisher:Secker & Warburg
Release Date:1984
Media Type:Print (hardback)
Pages:602 pp
Isbn:0-436-28460-X
Oclc:59237630
Preceded By:Byzantium Endures
Followed By:Jerusalem Commands

The Laughter of Carthage is a historical fiction novel by English author Michael Moorcock published by Secker & Warburg in 1984. It is the second in the Pyat Quartet tetralogy, preceded by Byzantium Endures and followed by Jerusalem Commands.[1] It was written in tandem, one during the day, and one at night, with the second novel in the Von Bek series, The City in the Autumn Stars.[2]

Reception

Kirkus Reviews criticized the novel, saying: "...though Moorcock may want all the ugly rhetoric to be read as the ravings of a self-deluding liar and knave, the ironies--e.g., Pyat's own secret Jewishness--aren't as clear here as they were in Byzantium Endures. So this 600-page novel, for all its scene-by-scene skill, soon becomes a cold, tedious exercise--short on genuine character or charm, basically shapeless, faintly unpleasant".[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Michael Moorcock Bibliography: The Laughter of Carthage. Ian Davey. 2006-04-18.
  2. Web site: The Terminal Cafe: Von Bek. 2006-05-18.
  3. Web site: THE LAUGHTER OF CARTHAGE . 1 January 1985 . Kirkus Reviews . 14 January 2021.