Thieves Fall Out (Hard Case Crime) - Hardcover

Gore Vidal

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1781167923 ISBN 13: 9781781167922

Publisher: Titan Books, 2015

Synopsis

Gore Vidal was one of America's greatest and most controversial writers. The author of twenty-three novels, five plays, three memoirs, numerous screenplays and short stories, and well over two hundred essays, he received the National Book Award in 1993. In 1953, Vidal had already begun writing the works that would launch him to the top ranks of American authors and intellectuals. But in the wake of criticism for the scandalous content of his third novel, The City and the Pillar, Vidal turned to writing crime fiction under pseudonyms: three books as Edgar Box and one as Cameron Kay. The Edgar Box novels were subsequently republished under his real name. The Cameron Kay never was. Lost for more than 60 years and overflowing with political and sexual intrigue, Thieves Fall Out provides a delicious glimpse into the mind of Gore Vidal in his formative years. By turns mischievous and deadly serious, Vidal tells the story of a man caught up in events bigger than he is, a down-on-his-luck American hired to smuggle an ancient relic out of Cairo at a time when revolution is brewing and heads are about to roll. One part Casablanca and one part torn-from-the-headlines tabloid reportage, this novel also offers a startling glimpse of Egypt in turmoil written over half a century ago, but as current as the news streaming from the streets of Cairo today.

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Review:

Thieves Fall Out is closer to English thrillers of Eric Ambler; with a hapless westerner in a hostile foreign city --The Independent

Thieves Fall Out is certainly a superior pulp effort, combining the espionage and adventure genres...this is one of the most handsome books I have seen in a long time --Crime Fiction Lover

Thieves Fall Out is a gourmet tale with fast-food accessibility. It s so tasty I want to go see what else Vidal has on the shelf. --Noir Journal

From the Back Cover:

The lost pulp crime novel by great American novelist Gore Vidal! Hired to smuggle an ancient artefact out of Egypt, Pete Wells finds himself the target of killers and femme fatales - and just one step away from triggering a revolution that will set Cairo aflame!

About this edition

• Publisher: Titan Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1781167923
• ISBN 13: 9781781167922
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240