- Mass Market Paperback: 234 pages
- Publisher: Select Penguin (Mm); Reprint edition (Dec 1986)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140088385
- ISBN-13: 978-0140088380
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.7 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,001,116 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Lively and entertaining' (Times Literary Supplement )
'An amusing romp' (Sunday Telegraph )
'This one's a maverick...[with] a professional touch unusual in a first novel' (Irish Times )
'An amusing romp' (Sunday Telegraph )
'This one's a maverick...[with] a professional touch unusual in a first novel' (Irish Times )
'A rather unusual book . . . with sharply etched characters and a rather shocking amorality'
(The New York Times Book Review ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.Product Description
There's unfinished business between William Dougal and his widowed father. Part of it has to do with Celia Prentisse, who was once William's girlfriend. When her father, a historian, is found drowned, he is declared a suicide, but Celia remains unconvinced –not least because his abandoned clothes were found with a bottle of the wrong brand of gin and a slim volume of Schopenhauer's essays. It's not much evidence, but it's enough to send her godfather, retired British intelligence officer Major Ted Dougal, and his son William off on a trail that leads to a 1930s arsenic poisoning and a still-classified World War I court martial. Fortunately, the Major still has connections – and William's scruples are infinitely adjustable . . .
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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This is one of Taylor's earlier works, but it already shows his mastery of language and storytelling. I've read about half of his total output so far and I am invariably impressed with the standard of writing. I read quite a few other mystery authors, many of whom are very good, but not many can match Taylor's felicity of expression and directness of getting to the point. Highly recommended.
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