The Eve of Saint Venus

By Anthony Burgess

Book Overview

Here is a midsummer night's dream of a novel, Anthony Burgess in a mood of comic whimsy. A baronet, Sir Benjamin Drayton, has received a consignment of stone statues of gods and goddesses, including Venus. A ring slipped on Venus's finger by a young man about to be married upsets a number of arrangements, including the wedding plans.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393009157
• ISBN13: 9780393009156
• Release Date: March 1979
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"