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The Crime of Julian Wells
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Description
A famous writer is dead. Suicide? Punishment? Or Justice?
Julian Wells was a writer of dark non-fiction works that detailed some of the worst crimes of the 20th Century. Was it this exploration of man's inhumanity to man that caused him to take his own life?
When his body is found in a boat drifting in a pond in Montauk, New York, his best friend, the literary critic Philip Anders, begins to reread his work in order to prepare a eulogy. This rereading, along with other clues, convinces the critic that his friend has committed a terrible crime, and that it was as punishment for this crime that Wells took his own life.
Anders' investigation sparks an obsession with unravelling the mystery of the man he thought he knew. His journey towards understanding leads him from Paris to Budapest, spans four decades, and takes him deeper and deeper in to the heart of darkness that was Julian Wells...
Product details
| Published | 01 Oct 2012 |
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| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 304 |
| ISBN | 9781781850398 |
| Imprint | Head of Zeus |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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A striking example of a suspense writer working at the top of his form
Chicago Tribune
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Thomas H. Cook has long been one of my favourite writers
Harlan Coben
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Thomas H. Cook writes like a wounded angel
Peter Straub
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Thomas H Cook [...] writes with uncommon elegance, intelligence and emotional insight, scattering literary and historical references along the way
The Times
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beautifully written, interesting, instructive and ingenious
Literary Review
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a contemplative, reflective and sinister novel... Readers cannot help but become embroiled in this dark journey into the world of a mysterious and troubled individual'
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