The Laughter of Carthage

The Laughter of Carthage

Dust-jacket from the first edition.
Author	Michael Moorcock
Language	English
Series	Pyat Quartet
Genre	Literary Fiction
Publisher	Secker & Warburg
Publication date	1984
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	602 pp
ISBN	0-436-28460-X
OCLC	59237630
Preceded by	Byzantium Endures
Followed by	Jerusalem Commands

The Laughter of Carthage is a historical fiction novel by English author Michael Moorcock published by Secker & Warburg in 1984. It is the second in the Pyat Quartet tetralogy, preceded by Byzantium Endures and followed by Jerusalem Commands . ^[1] It was written in tandem, one during the day, and one at night, with the second novel in the Von Bek series, The City in the Autumn Stars . ^[2]

Reception

Kirkus Reviews criticized the novel, saying: "...though Moorcock may want all the ugly rhetoric to be read as the ravings of a self-deluding liar and knave, the ironies--e.g., Pyat's own secret Jewishness--aren't as clear here as they were in Byzantium Endures. So this 600-page novel, for all its scene-by-scene skill, soon becomes a cold, tedious exercise--short on genuine character or charm, basically shapeless, faintly unpleasant". ^[3]

References

1. Ian Davey. "Michael Moorcock Bibliography: The Laughter of Carthage" . Retrieved 18 April 2006.
2. "The Terminal Cafe: Von Bek" . Retrieved 18 May 2006.
3. "THE LAUGHTER OF CARTHAGE". Kirkus Reviews. 1 January 1985. Retrieved 14 January 2021.

External links

• "Internet Speculative Fiction Database" . Retrieved 18 December 2007.
• "Moorcock's Miscellany" . Retrieved 18 December 2007.
• Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento. "The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)" . Retrieved 18 December 2007.