Lionel Asbo

Description:

"Lionel Asbo - a very violent but not very successful young criminal - is going about his morning duties in a London prison when he learns that he has just won GBP139,999,999.50 on the National Lottery. This is not necessarily good news for his ward and nephew, the orphaned Des Pepperdine, who still has reason to fear his uncle's implacable vengeance" -- p [4] of cover.

subjects: Lottery winners,  Guardian and ward,  Hoodlums,  Fiction,  Social life and customs,  Manners and customs,  Fiction, satire,  Satire,  New York Times reviewed,  Great britain, social life and customs, fiction,  Fiction, coming of age,  Guardian and ward--fiction,  Hoodlums--fiction,  Lottery winners--fiction,  Pr6051.m5 l56 2012b,  823.92,  Hn 1760,  Gagnants à la loterie,  Voyous,  Conservatorships,  Moeurs et coutumes,  Tutelle et curatelle,  Romans, nouvelles,  Romans en novellen ; vertaald

Places: Great Britain,  Grande-Bretagne