· 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Observatory Mansions (Hardcover) Published February 27th by Crown. Hardcover, pages. Author (s): Edward Carey. ISBN: (ISBN ) Edition language. · OBSERVATORY MANSIONS. by Edward Carey ‧RELEASE DATE: Feb. 1, A macabre, colorful, morally complex first novel by a young British playwright. Flirting with allegory, Carey sets his story in a big, decrepit house. Once a country manor called Tearsham Park, now a block of flats called Observatory Mansions, it sits on a traffic island surrounded by a noisy, rundown city. Observatory Mansions. Playwright and freelance illustrator Carey's impressive first novel is so steeped in grotesque oddity, warped values and dysfunction that it makes David Lynch's work seem.
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Overview. Once the Orme family’s magnificent ancestral estate, Observatory Mansions is now a crumbling apartment complex, home to an eccentric group of misfits. One of them is Francis Orme, who earns his livelihood as a living statue. When not practicing “inner and outer stillness,” Francis steals the cherished possessions of others to add to his private museum. Free download or read online Observatory Mansions pdf (ePUB) book. The first edition of the. OBSERVATORY MANSIONS. by Edward Carey ‧RELEASE DATE: Feb. 1, A macabre, colorful, morally complex first novel by a young British playwright. Flirting with allegory, Carey sets his story in a big, decrepit house. Once a country manor called Tearsham Park, now a block of flats called Observatory Mansions, it sits on a traffic island surrounded by a noisy, rundown city.
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