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Synopsis
Unexpectedly promoted to detective when his predecessor goes missing and a supervisor is killed, agency clerk Charles Unwin struggles with inexperience and nerves during a case in which he encounters bizarre clues and is framed for murder.
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`A wryly cerebral take on noir fiction ... Separated conjoined twin gangsters, a duplicitous femme fatale and a nightmarish carnival owner inhabit the nocturnal, rain-soaked city where this clever, postmodern detective story is set.'
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Raymond Chandler meets Kafka in this inventive reimagining of the classic detective novel.
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- PublisherHighbridge Co
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1598878700
- ISBN 13 9781598878707
- BindingAudio CD
- LanguageEnglish
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