Family Matters (British Library Crime Classics) - Couverture souple

Rolls, Anthony

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 071235669X ISBN 13 : 9780712356695

Editeur : The British Library Publishing Division, 2017

Synopsis

Robert Arthur Kewdingham is an eccentric failure of a man. In middle age he retreats into a private world, hunting for Roman artefacts and devoting himself to bizarre mystical beliefs. Robert's wife, Bertha, feels that there are few things more dreadful than a husband who will persist in making a fool of himself in public. Their marriage consists of horrible quarrels, futile arguments, incessant bickering. Scarcely any friends will visit the Kewdinghams in their peaceful hometown Shufflecester. Everything is wrong - and with the entrance of John Harrigall, a bohemian bachelor from London who catches Bertha's eye, they take a turn for the worse. Soon deep passions and resentments shatter the calm facade of the Kewdinghams' lives. This richly characterised and elegantly written crime novel from 1933 is a true forgotten classic.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Anthony Rolls was a pseudonym of C.E. Vulliamy (1886-1971), a biographer, soldier and archaeologist of distinction who also wrote ten crime novels, four of which were published during the golden age of British detective fiction between the world wars.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The British Library Publishing Division
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 071235669X
• ISBN 13: 9780712356695
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
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