The Rack

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  • Author:
    ELLIS A E
  • ISBN:
    9781784877378
  • Publication Date:
    June 2022
  • Edition:
    1
  • Pages:
    384
  • Binding:
    Paperback
  • Publisher:
    Vintage Classics
  • Country of Publication:
The Rack
The Rack

The Rack

SKU: 9781784877378
Regular price $24.00
Unit price
per
  • Author:
    ELLIS A E
  • ISBN:
    9781784877378
  • Publication Date:
    June 2022
  • Edition:
    1
  • Pages:
    384
  • Binding:
    Paperback
  • Publisher:
    Vintage Classics
  • Country of Publication:

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A lost classic of British fiction - The Rack is our Magic Mountain and Catch-22 combined

'Consider yourself an experiment of the gods in what a man can endure...'

Paul Davenant, has arrived at a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps with hopes of a full cure and a normal life. But as the weeks and months pass interminably by, he undergoes endless tests and medical procedures, each more horrific and dehumanising than the last, all the while facing the possibility that his case may be hopeless. Despite the pain, indignity, and tediousness, Davenant never loses sight of the outrageous, farcical side to his situation, the absurdity of it all. And when he falls in love with a fellow patient, he becomes determined to recover his health. Will he succeed, or will all the tortures he has endured have been for nothing?

When The Rack was first published in 1958, the critical acclaim was universal: reviewers compared it with the works of Proust, Mann, and Camus and declared it a masterwork destined to take its place among the great novels of the 20th century. This edition will reclaim its status.

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  • A lost classic of British fiction - The Rack is our Magic Mountain and Catch-22 combined

    'Consider yourself an experiment of the gods in what a man can endure...'

    Paul Davenant, has arrived at a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps with hopes of a full cure and a normal life. But as the weeks and months pass interminably by, he undergoes endless tests and medical procedures, each more horrific and dehumanising than the last, all the while facing the possibility that his case may be hopeless. Despite the pain, indignity, and tediousness, Davenant never loses sight of the outrageous, farcical side to his situation, the absurdity of it all. And when he falls in love with a fellow patient, he becomes determined to recover his health. Will he succeed, or will all the tortures he has endured have been for nothing?

    When The Rack was first published in 1958, the critical acclaim was universal: reviewers compared it with the works of Proust, Mann, and Camus and declared it a masterwork destined to take its place among the great novels of the 20th century. This edition will reclaim its status.

A lost classic of British fiction - The Rack is our Magic Mountain and Catch-22 combined

'Consider yourself an experiment of the gods in what a man can endure...'

Paul Davenant, has arrived at a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps with hopes of a full cure and a normal life. But as the weeks and months pass interminably by, he undergoes endless tests and medical procedures, each more horrific and dehumanising than the last, all the while facing the possibility that his case may be hopeless. Despite the pain, indignity, and tediousness, Davenant never loses sight of the outrageous, farcical side to his situation, the absurdity of it all. And when he falls in love with a fellow patient, he becomes determined to recover his health. Will he succeed, or will all the tortures he has endured have been for nothing?

When The Rack was first published in 1958, the critical acclaim was universal: reviewers compared it with the works of Proust, Mann, and Camus and declared it a masterwork destined to take its place among the great novels of the 20th century. This edition will reclaim its status.