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When Curtis completes his prison term for murder, and settles in a secluded town by the sea to forget the past, he finds that he is being followed by suspicious characters
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'P.M. Hubbard has a certain touch of magic' New York Times Book Review
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Praised by critics for his clean prose style, characterization, and the strong sense of place in his novels, Philip Maitland Hubbard was born in Reading, in Berkshire and brought up in Guernsey, in the Channel Islands. He was educated at Oxford, where he won the Newdigate Prize for English verse in 1933. From 1934 until its disbandment in 1947 he served with the Indian Civil Service. On his return to England he worked for the British Council, eventually retiring to work as a freelance writer. He contributed to a number of publications, including Punch, and wrote 16 novels for adults as well as two children's books. He lived in Dorset and Scotland, and many of his novels draw on his interest in and knowledge of rural pursuits and folk religion.
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- PublisherTaylor & Francis
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0824049829
- ISBN 13 9780824049829
- BindingHardcover
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Reprint of this 1970 crime novel, Hubbard's eighth, #22 of the publisher's Fifty Classics of Crime Fiction 1950-1975 series. New intro by Jacques Barzun - possibly used in each volume of the series. Hardcover, light wear to book, minor tanning to upper front cover; no jacket, likely as issed. Text clean; [9], blank,181 pages + note on the author, 6 page list of other titles in this and a previous series. Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # w0791np
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