My Name is Legion
A Novel
A. N. Wilson
- A
- Bonfire
- of
- the
- Vanities
- for
- contemporary
- LondonFrom
- A.
- N.
- Wilson,
- the
- renowned
- historian
- and
- novelist,
- comes
- a
- stunningly
- bold
- new
- work
- of
- fiction
- set
- in
- the
- darkly
- glamorous
- media
- world.
- Wilson's
- London
- is
- a
- bleak,
- if
- occasionally
- hilarious,
- place:
- murderous,
- lustful,
- money-obsessed,
- and
- haunted
- by
- strange
- gods.The
- Daily
- Legion
- is
- a
- rag
- that
- peddles
- celebrity
- gossip
- and
- denounces
- asylum
- seekers.
- The
- secret
- is
- that
- its
- financial
- survival
- depends
- on
- the
- support
- of
- a
- brutal
- African
- government.
- Recklessly
- defending
- this
- corrupt
- dictatorship,
- the
- newspaper
- faces
- off
- against
- Father
- Vivyan
- Chell,
- an
- Anglican
- monk
- and
- missionary
- who
- is
- working
- to
- overthrow
- the
- corrupt
- regime.
- They
- wage
- a
- smear
- campaign
- against
- the
- priest.
- Freedom
- fighters
- join
- the
- battle.
- Violence
- escalates.Called
- "a
- big,
- broad,
- sweeping
- book,
- as
- disturbing
- as
- it
- is
- funny"
- by
- The
- Guardian,
- My
- Name
- Is
- Legion
- is
- a
- savage
- satire
- on
- the
- morality
- of
- contemporary
- Britain-its
- press,
- its
- politics,
- its
- church,
- its
- rich,
- its
- underclass.
- At
- times
- shocking,
- at
- times
- tragic,
- it
- is
- a
- provocative
- take
- on
- present-day
- England,
- delivering
- both
- delicious
- fun
- and
- acid
- social commentary.
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