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Death of a Ghost (Classic Crime) (Paperback)

by Margery Allingham (Author)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (30 Oct 1986)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140084231
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140084238
  • Product Dimensions: 18 x 11 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 47,854 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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J.S.Lafcadio, the painter is dead. He wanted lasting fame and he left instructions to his wife for one painting to be exhibited every year after his death. Eight years later in Little Venice, a group of friends and family gather to view the painting. They are treated instead to a murder.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Different but compelling Allingham, 17 Oct 2007
By Ms. L. R. Fisher "lucy_fisher4" (London) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Death of a Ghost (Paperback)
Lugg is absent, Mr Campion is somewhat subdued, and Allingham herself seems uncertain about his standing with the police (she solved this problem in later books), but this "different" Allingham is as enjoyable as her best. It's main attraction is the depiction of an artists' colony in Little Venice that clusters about the Lafcadio household. The inhabitants of the house are living in the shadow of a great man's reputation, and the reflected glory they once had. They cope with this in different ways: Belle and Lisa by robustly being themselves, the younger generation by doing their own thing, Beatrice by becoming more and more fey as her beauty fades. (Haven't we all met a Beatrice trying to prolong her heyday?) It's the tragic Potters who really tug at the heartstrings, though. They moved into a studio at the bottom of the garden and 20 years on are still there. When Alligham describes their bohemian decor as "affected" she nails a whole lifestyle. To carry off bohemianism you either need youth or money. A lesson for us all who have failed to move with the times, grow up or feng shui our homes!
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