Scoundrel - Couverture souple

Elstob, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0586074201 ISBN 13 : 9780586074206

Editeur : HarperCollins Distribution Services, 1988

Synopsis

Sometimes I compare my life to a game of Snakes and Ladders. Time after time I make my way steadily towards the winning square, only to land on the head of a snake.
That s what happened two days ago. The dice landed me on a square which read YOU ARE ARRESTED-RETURN TO BOTTOM LINE and I was whisked from a comfortable apartment to a small, scruffy cell.
Colonel Ronald Rokesby-Gore s the name. At least, it s the name inscribed on this cigarette case. I am a professional scoundrel.
My victims are middle-aged women-though victim seems rather a strong word, since I strive to give value for money- and unless I can find one within 24 hours, the game s up . . .
Highly readable ... It is, in a way, the test of a novel that the characters in it should be so much alive that you can imagine them in another setting. In this respect, Mr Elstob s rather endearing bounder comes nastily off the page
YORKSHIRE POST
An amoral and highly entertaining career ... Peter Elstob handles the farce of his pathetic hero s manoeuvres with cynical good humour'
IRISH TIMES

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins Distribution Services
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0586074201
• ISBN 13: 9780586074206
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible