ARCADIA - CRACE, JIM 0.30KG IN SOUTH AFRICA

Paperback. English. Penguin. 1998. In good condition. Self - made millionaire Victor wants to leave his mark before he dies. He has no family, no lover, so on his 80th birthday he decides to create a lasting monument in the city that made his fortune. He will destroy the old market - place where he grew up amongst the street traders and beggars, and rebuild it in the shape of Arcadia: a modern utopia of glass and greenery at the heart of the metropolis. 'The tallest buildings throw the longest shadows - thus great men make their mark,' Victor's architect tells him. Yet Arcadia's shadow falls more darkly than those around him could imagine. Another brilliant, inventive and engrossing novel from the masterful Jim Crace.