The Riverside Villas Murder (Penguin Modern Classics) - Softcover

Amis, Kingsley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141049561 ISBN 13: 9780141049564

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2012

Synopsis

A mummy is stolen from a small town museum along with some Roman coins and a soaking wet man collapses in fourteen year old Peter Furneaux's living room bleeding from the head. What was a suspected student prank is followed by murder. At first it is impossible to see the connection, but the eccentric Colonel Manton does. With Peter's help the Colonel unravels a mystery that strikes fear into the heart of a genteel suburban neighbourhood and gives Peter rather more excitement than he bargained for at the tennis club social. This meticulously paced thriller shows Amis at his most subtle and daring.

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Review:

At the nasty bits, you feel like someone coming across a meat-cleaver in a cot (John Carey)

About the Author:

Kingsley Amis's (1922-95) works take a humorous yet highly critical look at British society, especially in the period following the end of World War II. Born in London, Amis explored his disillusionment in novels such as That Uncertain Feeling (1955). His other works include The Green Man (1970), Stanley and the Women (1984), and The Old Devils (1986), which won the Booker Prize. Amis also wrote poetry, criticism, and short stories.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0141049561
• ISBN 13: 9780141049564
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224