The English Assassin
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The English Assassin: A Romance of Entropy is a novel by British fantasy and science fiction writer Michael Moorcock
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060130032. Subtitled "A romance of entropy" it was the third part of his long running Jerry Cornelius
series http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/moorcock/englisha.htm.
Cornelius is the 'English Assassin' of the title, although he spends much of the book near death himself. Darker in tone than other volumes in the series, the novel offers eight alternative catastrophes in a world of chaos and barbarous collapse. The usual glittering array of supporting characters such as the anarchist Una Persson
, the occasionally evil Miss Brunner
, Professor Hira and the grotesque Bishop Beesley make their appearances amid the rubble of swinging London
with the rest of Jerry's colourful clan - his blousy mother, villainous brother Frank and the doomed angelic Catherine.
Michael Moorcock
Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published a number of literary novels....
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060130032. Subtitled "A romance of entropy" it was the third part of his long running Jerry Cornelius
Jerry Cornelius
Jerry Cornelius is a fictional secret agent and adventurer created by science fiction / fantasy author Michael Moorcock. Cornelius is a hipster of ambiguous and occasionally polymorphous sexuality. Many of the same characters feature in each of several Cornelius books, though the individual books...
series http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/moorcock/englisha.htm.
Cornelius is the 'English Assassin' of the title, although he spends much of the book near death himself. Darker in tone than other volumes in the series, the novel offers eight alternative catastrophes in a world of chaos and barbarous collapse. The usual glittering array of supporting characters such as the anarchist Una Persson
Una Persson
Una Persson is a recurring character in many of Michael Moorcock's 'multiverse' novels. She has also been used as a character in stories by other writers...
, the occasionally evil Miss Brunner
Miss Brunner
Miss Brunner is a fictional character in Michael Moorcock's Jerry Cornelius stories. She has also appeared in stories by other authors including M. John Harrison and Brian Aldiss. Unlike Cornelius and Una Persson, she is depicted as an authoritarian figure, a sado-masochistic techno-magician...
, Professor Hira and the grotesque Bishop Beesley make their appearances amid the rubble of swinging London
Swinging London
Swinging London is a catch-all term applied to the fashion and cultural scene that flourished in London, in the 1960s.It was a youth-oriented phenomenon that emphasised the new and modern. It was a period of optimism and hedonism, and a cultural revolution. One catalyst was the recovery of the...
with the rest of Jerry's colourful clan - his blousy mother, villainous brother Frank and the doomed angelic Catherine.