Gorgeous East

Gorgeous East
Gorgeous East  
Author(s) Robert Girardi
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Adventure novel
Publisher St. Martin's Press
Publication date 2009
Media type Print (Hardcover)
Pages 352 pp
ISBN 9780312565862
OCLC Number 016756
Dewey Decimal 813/.54 22
LC Classification PS3557.I694 C76 2009

Gorgeous East is a adventure novel by Robert Girardi.

Contents

Plot introduction

John Smith, an out of work actor, after toxic relationships in Istanbul, and Paris, joins the French Foreign Legion.

Publishing history

Originally published by an American publisher, St. Martin's Press, in 2009.

Criticism

Library Journal:

Equal parts update of Beau Geste and gonzo parody, Girardi’s latest novel is ... the tale of three French Foreign Legionnaires: de Noyer, an aristocratic, Satie-worshipping French officer suffering from insomnia and genetic insanity; Pinard, a French-Canadian noncom with an oboe and an ugly past; and John Smith (his real name, not the alias chosen by many comrades), a failed American musical comedian just becoming aware of his life’s vapidity... Fans of political commentary or violent dark humor will find much to enjoy….[1]

Kirkus:

...Characterizations are brisk and vivid, as the story whips along toward a violent climax with a nice surprise twist…. Girardi pits the French Foreign Legion against Muslim fanatics. Since Louis Philippe founded the Legion in 1831, its lost-soul volunteers fight in the most desolate corners of the globe mostly because they have nothing better to do with their lives. American musical comedy actor John Smith winds up in the Legion after a disastrous trip to Istanbul that results in the murder of the girlfriend who jilted him for a wealthy Turk. Sous-lieutenant Evariste Pinard, a French Canadian drug dealer and enforcer for a Russian loan shark in France, chose the Legion over prison and deportation.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ http://www.girardilit.com/gorgeous-east
  2. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Gorgeous-East-Novel-Robert-Girardi/dp/0312565860
  3. ^ http://us.macmillan.com/gorgeouseast

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