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082	1		_aFIC ATK _2
100	1		_aAtkinson, Kate
245	1	0	_aShrines of gaiety : _ba novel _c/ Kate Atkinson
250			_a1st edition
260			_aNew York _b: Doubleday _c, 2022
300			_a394 p. _c; 25 cm
520			_a1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the clubs of Soho, peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets, foreign dignitaries with gangsters, and girls sell dances for a shilling a time. The notorious queen of this glittering world is Nellie Coker, ruthless but also ambitious to advance her six children, including the enigmatic eldest, Niven, whose character has been forged in the crucible of the Somme. But success breeds enemies, and Nellie's empire faces threats from without and within. For beneath the dazzle of Soho's gaiety, there is a dark underbelly, a world in which it is all too easy to become lost.
546			_aEnglish
650		4	_aGangsters _v--Fiction
650		4	_aFamilies _v--Fiction
650		4	_aNightlife _x-Fiction
650		4	_aNineteen twenties _v--Fiction
650		4	_aPost-Worl War I _x-Fiction
651		4	_aSoho (London, England) _v--Fiction
655		4	_aHistorical fiction
942			_cMO
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