The Portrait of an Englishman in His Chateau (Dedalus Europe 1998) [Paperback]

Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues (Author)

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Publication Date: February 1, 1999 | Series: Dedalus Europe 1998

When the unnamed narrator crosses the causeway to the Chateau of Gamehuche, he enters a surrealist nightmare of debauchery and violence. The proceedings at the chateau are presided over by the master of Gamehuche, M. de Montcul, formerly the English diplomat, Sir Horatio Mountarse. With a cast of willing and not-so-willing acolytes, he serves up an over-refined cuisine of obscenity, sexual perversion and unspeakable cruelty. The book could be described as a dispatch written from the frontiers of depravity.

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About the Author

Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues was born in Paris in 1909. During the war he retreated to Monaco where in 1943 he published, Dans les annees sordides. He returned to Paris at the end of the war. In 1947 after meeting Andre Breton, he became involved in the activities of the Surrealists. As well as being a poet and novelist, Mandiargues has written plays, essays and art criticism. He won the Prix des Critiques in 1951 for Soleil des Loups and the Prix Goncourt in 1967 for Marge. His work has been featured in The Dedalus Book of Surrealism (Volumes 1 & 2), The Decadent Cookbook and The Decadent Gardener.

Product Details

• Paperback: 140 pages
• Publisher: Dedalus Limited (February 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1873982933
• ISBN-13: 978-1873982938
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,272,887 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Cliff's Notes for 120 Days of Sodom, July 20, 2006

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This review is from: The Portrait of an Englishman in His Chateau (Dedalus Europe 1998) (Paperback)

Or, if you prefer, "Sade Lite". Not exactly the osmazome of Sade's 800 page banquet of sanious delights, but pretty much the same fare boiled down into less than 200 pages. Gourmands of this sort of thing will discover here, if nothing else, a novel method of preparing calamari. Buy it to support Dedalus - they have been doing amazing things.