Edward Carey

"Nosiłem białe rękawiczki... Nosiłem białe rękawiczki, chociaż nie byłem służącym. Nie grałem w orkiestrze. Nie byłem kelnerem. Nie byłem magikiem. Byłem kustoszem muzeum. Muzeum rzeczy ważnych."Observatory Mansions był kiedyś rezydencją rodową Orme'ów. Teraz jest tylko zrujnowaną kamienicą na środku ruchliwego ronda, zamieszkałą przez...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Carey & Hart's Catalog (1852). It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Edward Carey, which is now, at last, again available to...

A NovelEasily the most brilliant fiction I've seen this year -- it proves the potential brilliance of the novel form.-- John Fowles, author of The MagusObservatory Mansions, once the Orme family's magnificent ancestral home set on beautiful grounds, is now a crumbling apartment block stranded on a traffic island, peopled with...

Observatory Mansions was once the Orme family's ancestral home, a magnificent residence with beautiful grounds. Now it is a crumbling apartment block, stranded on a roundabout and inhabited by eccentrics.Francis Orme, an odd little man who makes a living as a human statue in the centre of the decaying city, lives in Observatory Mansions with...