Glimpses of the Moon: A Novel - Hardcover

Crispin, Edmund

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802753914 ISBN 13: 9780802753915

Publisher: Walker & Co, 1978

Synopsis

A series of murders puts to the test the detective skills of Gervase Fen who ingeniously sorts out an intricate puzzle

About this title

Review:

One of the undiscovered treasures of British crime fiction: Crispin's storytelling is intelligent, humane, surprising and rattling good fun -- A.L. Kennedy

About the Author:

Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery (usually credited as Bruce Montgomery) (2 October 1921 15 September 1978), an English crime writer and composer.

Montgomery wrote nine detective novels and two collections of short stories under the pseudonym Edmund Crispin (taken from a character in Michael Innes's Hamlet, Revenge!). The stories feature Oxford don Gervase Fen, who is an eccentric, sometimes absentminded Professor of English at the university. Crispin's whodunit novels have complex plots and fantastic, somewhat unbelievable solutions. They are written in a humorous, literary and sometimes farcical style and contain frequent references to English literature, poetry, and music. They are also among the few mystery novels to break the fourth wall occasionally and speak directly to the audience.

The Times chose Edmund Crispin as one of their '50 Greatest Crime Writers'.

About this edition

• Publisher: Walker & Co
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0802753914
• ISBN 13: 9780802753915
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 287