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

AuthorMichael Moorcock

LanguageEnglish

SeriesPyat Quartet

GenreLiterary Fiction

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]

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v t e Bibliography of Michael Moorcock
Novels	The Fireclown (1965) The Jewel in the Skull (1967) The Final Programme (1968) The Mad God's Amulet (1968) The Sword of the Dawn (1968) The Runestaff (1969) The Black Corridor (1969) Behold the Man (1969) The Chinese Agent (1970) The Eternal Champion (1970) Phoenix in Obsidian (1970) The Warlord of the Air (1971) A Cure for Cancer (1971) The English Assassin: A Romance of Entropy (1972) Elric of Melniboné (1972) Breakfast in the Ruins (1972) The Land Leviathan (1974) The Adventures of Una Persson and Catherine Cornelius in the 20th Century (1976) The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (1976) The Condition of Muzak (1977) Gloriana (1978) Byzantium Endures (1981) The War Hound and the World's Pain (1981) The Steel Tsar (1981) The Brothel in Rosenstrasse (1982) The Laughter of Carthage (1984) The City in the Autumn Stars (1986) The Dragon in the Sword (1986) Mother London (1988) Jerusalem Commands (1992) King of the City (2000) Firing the Cathedral (2002) The Vengeance of Rome (2006) The Coming of the Terraphiles (2010) The Whispering Swarm (2015)
Collections	The Time Dweller (1969) The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius (1976) The History of the Runestaff (1979) The Dancers at the End of Time (1981) A Nomad of the Time Streams (1982) The Opium General and other stories (1984) Elric: Song of the Black Sword (1995) The Metatemporal Detective (2007)
Comic books	Conan the Barbarian Michael Moorcock's Multiverse Tom Strong
Anthologies edited	England Invaded Before Armageddon
Characters and concepts	Corum Jhaelen Irsei Dorian Hawkmoon Elric of Melniboné Erekosë Eternal Champion Jerry Cornelius Melniboné Multiverse Oswald Bastable Stormbringer Symbol of Chaos Ulrich von Bek Una Persson
Music contributions	New Worlds Fair Warrior on the Edge of Time Lucky Leif and the Longships Mirrors Cultösaurus Erectus Hype Sonic Attack Zones Live Chronicles
Other work	"Epic Pooh" "The Dreaming City" "Kings in Darkness" The Land That Time Forgot New Worlds
Adaptations	Airtight Garage The Chronicle of the Black Sword The Final Programme Elric: Battle at the End of Time Stormbringer RPG Hawkmoon RPG

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