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Famous Last Words by Findley, Timothy is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Famous Last Words about?
In the final days of the Second World War, Hugh Selwyn Mauberley scrawls his desperate account on the walls and ceilings of his ice-cold prison high in the Austrian Alps. Officers of the liberating army discover his frozen, disfigured corpse and his astonishing testament - the sordid truth that he alone possessed. Fascinated but horrified, they learn of a dazzling array of characters caught up in a scandal and political corruption. Famous Last Words is part-thriller, part-horror story; it is also a meditation on history and the human soul and it is Findley's fine achievement that he has combined these elements into a web that constantly surprises and astounds the reader.Timothy Findley was born in Toronto in 1930. His first career was in the theatre; he was a charter company member of Ontario's Stratford Shakespearean Festival in 53, and toured several European capitals. In 63, Findley turned to writing full-time and in 77 his third novel,The Wars, won a Governor General's Award. It is now considered a Canadian classic. Following his bestsellers such asFamous Last Words, he won an Edgar Award forThe Telling of Lies, while his collection of short stories,Stones, won Ontario's Trilli
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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Findley, Timothy
- Publisher
- Oxford ; Santa Barbara : ISIS Large Print
- Published
- 1988
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780099562306
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.98 / 5 (67 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13