Waiting for the End of the World: The William Dougal Series - Brossura

Taylor, Andrew

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0340932929 ISBN 13: 9780340932926

Casa editrice: Hodder Paperback, 2007

Riassunto

William Dougal is blackmailed into doing a job for his old adversary James Hanbury. All he has to do is keep an eye on Dr Vertag, the leader of a lunatic fringe survival group. But he has hardly started when the barman who tried to warn him off is murdered. Suddenly, Zelda appears from Dougal's murky past, just as suddenly she is kidnapped from his flat. His natural desire to rescue her plunges him into a maelstrom of criminal activities. The shadow of James Hanbury hangs over everything. Like truth itself, Hanbury is rarely pure and never simple ...

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Recensione

A top-notch suspense novel . . . bears comparison with the work of Eric Ambler and Graham Greene. (Publishers Weekly)

'A top-notch suspense novel...bears comparison with the work of Eric Ambler and Graham Greene.' (Publishers Weekly)

'Tense and funny' (Booklist)

Tense and funny (Booklist)

A wry, sly romp . . . a deftly-crafted, hilarious, frightening and macabre tale (Washington Book Review)

'A wry, sly romp...a deftly-crafted, hilarious, frightening and macabre tale' (Washington Book Review)

Andrew Taylor is a master storyteller (Daily Telegraph)

Andrew Taylor is one of the most interesting, if not the most interesting novelist writing crime in England today (Harriet Waugh, Spectator)

L'autore

A bestselling crime writer, Andrew Taylor has also worked as a boatbuilder, wages clerk, librarian, labourer and publisher's reader. He has written many prize-winning crime novels and thrillers, including the William Dougal crime series, the Lydmouth crime series, the ground-breaking Roth Trilogy - which was televised as ITV's Fallen Angel - and several standalone historical crime novels.

His many awards include the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2009 for sustained excellence in crime writing, an Edgar Scroll from the Mystery Writers of America, and the Crime Writers' Association Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, which he has won twice - most recently for his bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club novel, The American Boy, which was also selected for The Times Top Ten Crime Novels of the Decade. Bleeding Heart Square won Sweden's Martin Beck Award, the Golden Crowbar.

Andrew Taylor is also the crime fiction reviewer of the Spectator. He lives with his wife in the Forest of Dean, on the borders of England and Wales. To find out more, visit Andrew's website, www.andrew-taylor.co.uk, and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/andrewjrtaylor

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• Editore: Hodder Paperback
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0340932929
• ISBN 13: 9780340932926
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272