A Fool's Alphabet

0-09-177299-0OCLC26300769
Dewey Decimal
823/.914 20LC ClassPR6056.A89 F66 1992

A Fool's Alphabet is a 1992 novel by author Sebastian Faulks. The book splits the life of a photographer (the son of an English soldier) into short, alphabetically arranged episodes based on location as follows:

  • Anzio, Italy, 1944
  • Backley, Berkshire, England, 1950
  • Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1980
  • Dorking, Surrey, England, 1963
  • Evanston, Illinois, USA, 1985
  • Fulham, London, England, 1964
  • Ghent, Belgium, 1981
  • Houches, Les, France, 1967
  • Ibiza, Balearic Islands, 1966
  • Jerusalem, Israel, 1982
  • Kowloon, Hong Kong, 1980
  • Lyndonville, Vermont, USA, 1971
  • Mons, Belgium, 1914
  • New York, USA, 1983
  • Oxford, England, 1976
  • Paris, France, 1979
  • Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, 1974
  • Rome, Italy, 1978
  • Sorrento, Italy, 1958
  • Terminal 5, Heathrow Airport, England, 1988
  • Uzès, France, 1987
  • Vladimirci, Yugoslavia, 1986
  • Watsonville, California, USA, 1974
  • Xianyang, China
  • Yarmouth, England, 1991
  • Zanica, Italy, 1970
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Works by Sebastian Faulks
Novels
  • A Trick of the Light (1984)
  • The Girl at the Lion d'Or (1989)
  • A Fool's Alphabet (1992)
  • Birdsong (1993)
  • Charlotte Gray (1998)
  • On Green Dolphin Street (2001)
  • Human Traces (2005)
  • Engleby (2007)
  • Devil May Care (2008)
  • A Week in December (2009)
  • A Possible Life (2012)
  • Jeeves and the Wedding Bells (2013)
  • Paris Echo (2018)
Non-fiction
  • The Fatal Englishman (1996)
  • Pistache (2006)
  • Faulks on Fiction: The Secret Life of the Novel (2011)


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