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The shrapnel academy

On the anniversary of the Eve of the Battle of Waterloo, an assortment of unusual dinner guests gather at a remote country house to pay homage to Henry Shrapnel, inventor of the exploding cannonball. But all is not peaceful at the Shrapnel Academy: The downstairs servants, a group of third-world refugees led by a South African butler, are plotting to overthrow their upstairs oppressors. When a blizzard hits the countryside and traps everyone indoors, the rebellion erupts into bloody warfare throughout the Academy... Now in her ninth decade, Fay Weldon is one of the foremost chroniclers of ou

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  • "An odd assortment of people gather for a military lecture at the illustrious Shrapnel Academy and when a snowstorm makes leaving impossible, the ensuing events provide a humorous parable on the folly of human relations."
  • "Door weersomstandigheden raken gasten van een militair onderwijsinstituut geïsoleerd, wat tot escalatie van emoties en gebeurtenissen leidt."
  • "A weekend in the country erupts into a free-for-all of mutiny, sex, and murder. On the anniversary of the Eve of the Battle of Waterloo, an assortment of unusual dinner guests gather at a remote country house to pay homage to Henry Shrapnel, inventor of the exploding cannonball. But all is not peaceful at the Shrapnel Academy: The downstairs servants, a group of third-world refugees led by a South African butler, are plotting to overthrow their upstairs oppressors. When a blizzard hits the countryside and traps everyone indoors, the rebellion erupts into bloody warfare throughout the Academy, a shrine to the ethos of military excellence. With characters that include a domineering female sergeant, a war-mongering general, a brain-damaged spy, and an idiot-savant arms dealer, Fay Weldon gives us a country house novel replete with sexual atrocity and class warfare. No one will emerge unscathed in this stinging tale of modern-day barbarians, where the deadliest weapons are the ever-raging battles between the haves and the have-nots."
  • "On the anniversary of the Eve of the Battle of Waterloo, an assortment of unusual dinner guests gather at a remote country house to pay homage to Henry Shrapnel, inventor of the exploding cannonball. But all is not peaceful at the Shrapnel Academy: The downstairs servants, a group of third-world refugees led by a South African butler, are plotting to overthrow their upstairs oppressors. When a blizzard hits the countryside and traps everyone indoors, the rebellion erupts into bloody warfare throughout the Academy... Now in her ninth decade, Fay Weldon is one of the foremost chroniclers of ou"@en
  • "Door weersomstandigheden raken gasten van een militair onderwijsinstituut geïsoleerd wat tot escalatie van emoties en gebeurtenissen leidt."

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  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Romány"

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  • "Oben bei den Männern Roman"
  • "Shrapnel-akademien : [roman]"@sv
  • "De oorlog tussen boven en beneden"
  • "Shrapnel-akademien"
  • "Shrapnelova akademie"
  • "The Shrapnel Academy a novel"
  • "Shrapnel Akademiet : roman"
  • "Shrapnel Akademiet : roman"@da
  • "The Shrapnel academy"
  • "The shrapnel academy"@en
  • "The shrapnel academy"
  • "Shrapnel academy"
  • "Oben bei den Männern : Roman"
  • "The Sharapnel Academy"
  • "The Shrapnel Academy"@en
  • "The Shrapnel Academy"

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