Autumn
bonfire
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Guy Fawkes
murder
police
psychological
seasonal
witnesses
Product details
- ISBN 9780712353724
- Dimensions: 130 x 190mm
- Publication Date: 10 Sep 2020
- Publisher: British Library Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The murder, a brutal stabbing, definitely took place on Guy Fawkes' night. It was definitely by the bonfire on the village green. There were definitely a number of witnesses. And yet, was it definitely clear to anybody exactly what they had seen? In the writhing, violent shadows, it seems as if the truth may have gone up in smoke.
Julian Symons' phenomenal 1960 novel is a searing drama of wrongful accusation, twisty police procedural and account of grim murder all rolled together. This edition also includes the resonant short story 'The Tigers of Subtopia'.
Julian Symons (1912-1994) was a writer of British crime fiction from the 1950s until his death, publishing more than thirty novels. He served as President of the prestigious Detection Club, won two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America, and is well known as the author of Bloody Murder, a classic history of crime fiction.
