Shooting parties in great country houses, turbulent scenes in parliament and the luxury life in Budapest provide the backdrop for this gripping, prescient novel, forming a chilling indictment of upper-class frivolity and political folly in which good manners cloak indifference and brutality. Abady becomes aware of the plight of a group of Romanian mountain peasants and champions their cause, while Gyeroffy dissipates his resources at the gaming tables, mirroring the decline of the Austro-Hungarian empire itself.
- ISBN13 9781900850155
- Publish Date 9 February 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 June 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Arcadia Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 596
- Language English