Byzantium Endures
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Byzantium Endures (1981) is a novel by Michael Moorcock. It is the first in the Pyat Quartet, which also contains The Laughter of Carthage, Jerusalem Commands and The Vengeance of Rome.
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Via a metafictional conceit in which Moorcock claims to be acquainted with the fictional author, Maxim Arturovitch Pyatnitski, it describes his adventures as he moves through the 20th century. Born on 1 January 1900 in Kiev, Pyat, as he is also known, is a classic unreliable narrator. He will not pass over any opportunity for self-aggrandisement, despite being a genuinely despicable character. The narrator appears to be addicted to cocaine and sex. He considers himself to be a great inventor and engineer.
The action is set in Kiev, Odessa, and St Petersburg.
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