The Case of the Gilded Fly (Gervase Fen Mysteries) - Softcover

Crispin, Edmund

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933397004 ISBN 13: 9781933397009

Publisher: Felony & Mayhem, 2005

Synopsis

Theater companies are notorious hotbeds of intrigue, and few are more intriguing than the company currently in residence at Oxford University. Center-stage is the beautiful, malicious Yseut?a mediocre actress with a stellar talent for destroying men. Rounding out the cast are more than a few of her past and present conquests, and the women who love them. And watching from the wings is Professor Gervase Fen?scholar, wit, and fop extraordinaire?who would infinitely rather solve crimes than expound on English literature. When Yseut is murdered, Fen finally gets his wish. Though clear kin to Lord Peter Wimsey, Fen is a spectacular original?brilliant, eccentric and rude, much taken with himself and his splendid yellow raincoat and given to quoting Lewis Carroll at inappropriate occasions. Gilded Fly, originally published in 1944, was both Fen's first outing and the debut of the pseudonymous Crispin (in reality, composer Bruce Montgomery), whom the New York Times once called the heir to

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Review:

Hilarious adventures * Washington Post * Marvellous comic sense -- P. D. James One of the undiscovered treasures of British crime fiction -- A. L. Kennedy

Book Description:

TRY A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY
As inventive as Agatha Christie, as hilarious as P.G. Wodehouse – discover the delightful detective stories of Edmund Crispin. Crime fiction at its quirkiest and best.

About this edition

• Publisher: Felony & Mayhem
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1933397004
• ISBN 13: 9781933397009
• Binding: Paperback