01753cam a2200337 i 4500 606017861 TxAuBib 20220927120000.0 220404s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022014290 9780385547970 hbk. 0385547978 hbk. (OCoLC)1304813838 TxAuBib rda Atkinson, Kate, author Shrines of gaiety. Shrines of gaiety : a novel / Kate Atkinson. First edition. New York : Doubleday, 2022. 394 pages ; 25 cm5sa. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "1926, 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"-- Provided by publisher. 20220927. Gangsters Fiction. Nightlife Fiction. Families Fiction. Nineteen twenties Fiction. Soho (London, England) Fiction. Historical fiction.