‘The Cardinal and the Corpse' marks the beginning of Petit’s loose partnership with writer Iain Sinclair. There’s a nod towards narrative here involving a book-search launched by graphic novelist Alan Moore and a dealer (the dapper but barking Driffield), but it’s little more than an excuse to showcase a number of authors and other miscreants.
An Edwardian house party given by a Fabian woman, her business-man husband and assorted guests from politics and the Arts - including a young man prone to disturbing premonitions.
Junio de 1944. Tras un duro adiestramiento, un contingente de soldados británicos que debe llevar a cabo una misión en Italia, ocupa un pueblo. El cabo Baker se enamora de una joven que ha perdido a su marido en la guerra, pero tiene que irse con su grupo a Francia, justamente al día siguiente del desembarco de los aliados en Normandía. En Francia, el sargento Craig inicia una relación con una mujer que vive atemorizada por los constantes bombardeos. El próximo destino del grupo es Bélgica, donde el cabo Tower decide desertar para estar con Regine, una violinista a la que acaba de conocer.
Helga and David travel to a secluded hotel for some alone time. Helga is much older than David and tongues wag among the other guests. The more time they are together the more age difference becomes a rift between them.
During the mid 1860s, brothers Dick and Jim Marston are drawn into a life of crime by their ex-convict father Ben and his friend, infamous cattlethief Captain Starlight. Making their way to Melbourne with the proceeds of a recent raid, the brothers meet and romance the Morrison sisters, Kate and Jean, whom they eventually marry; but just as they are poised to start a new life in America, Captain Starlight and his gang arrive in town, planning a raid at the local bank.
