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Whodunnit? Who's Who? And, more importantly, "who the hell am I?"
He solved the case of the missing parakeets. Now if he could only figure out who he was... Jules Feiffer works his easy-going wit and biting social satire into his second novel "Ackroyd," which begins as a parody of the Raymond Chandler school of detective fiction, but ultimately asks the age-old question: Is identity merely a metaphysical conceit? A shamus who may or may not be a sham, Roger Ackroyd (named after the victim in Agatha Christie's most shocking novel) is hired to investigate a case of writer's block by sports writer Oscar Plante. Over the course of five years, in between the bonhomie of Elaine's and tangling with unconventional femmes fatales, Ackroyd's personality begins to merge with his client's as he acquires his ex-wife, his mistress and, eventually, his craft. In "Ackroyd," Feiffer uses the detective genre to further his investigations into human neuroses, and to re-imagine the artist as a young sleuth forced to cope with a corrupt world.
Originally published in 1977, and out of print for over 30 years, Fantagraphics Books is proud to reissue "Ackroyd" in a completely redesigned edition.
He solved the case of the missing parakeets. Now if he could only figure out who he was... Jules Feiffer works his easy-going wit and biting social satire into his second novel "Ackroyd," which begins as a parody of the Raymond Chandler school of detective fiction, but ultimately asks the age-old question: Is identity merely a metaphysical conceit? A shamus who may or may not be a sham, Roger Ackroyd (named after the victim in Agatha Christie's most shocking novel) is hired to investigate a case of writer's block by sports writer Oscar Plante. Over the course of five years, in between the bonhomie of Elaine's and tangling with unconventional femmes fatales, Ackroyd's personality begins to merge with his client's as he acquires his ex-wife, his mistress and, eventually, his craft. In "Ackroyd," Feiffer uses the detective genre to further his investigations into human neuroses, and to re-imagine the artist as a young sleuth forced to cope with a corrupt world.
Originally published in 1977, and out of print for over 30 years, Fantagraphics Books is proud to reissue "Ackroyd" in a completely redesigned edition.
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Hired to investigate a case of writer's block by sports writer Oscar Plante, Roger Ackroyd finds his personality merging with that of his client as he tangles with a series of unconventional femme fatales and tangles with an ex-wife and mistress. Reprint.
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- PublisherHutchinson
- Publication date1978
- ISBN 10 0091326001
- ISBN 13 9780091326005
- BindingHardcover
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hutchinson 1978 First Edition in the UK First Printing Bruised at top and base of spine and corners else Fine book in like Dust Jacket ''''. a young man whi sets himself up as a private detective under the name 'Roger Ackroyd' and finds himself involved in the tangled affairs of Annabelle Plante. married to. Oscar. who is about to become America's best selling 'serious' novellist. mysteriously plagued by an episode in his faraway past that only Ackroyd can untangle. ''. Book. Seller Inventory # 50605
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