I Was Dora Suarez

Raymond, Derek

ISBN 10: 0751508063 / ISBN 13: 9780751508062

Published by Time Warner Paperbacks, 1993

A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Seller Inventory # GOR001904724

Synopsis:

One of the "Factory" series of bleak, atmospheric and subversive crime novels. Next door to the bloodied remains of London prostitute Dora Suarez lies the broken body of an 86-year-old widow, and a mile away the brains of a sleazy West End racketeer are found adorning the walls of his dining room.

Review: A sulphurous mixture of ferocious violence and high-flown philosophy. (Prospect)

A mixture of thin-lipped Chandleresque backchat and of idioms more icily subversive. (Observer)

Deadbeat, downbeat but thoroughly believable, and evoked with the scary precision of a scalpel slicing through flesh... extreme, but like nothing else you'll ever read (Richard Rayner Los Angeles Times)

I cannot think of another writer so obsessed with the skull beneath the skin. (The Times)

Raymond writes with a stomach-churning exactness about murder, madness and mutilation. (The Times)

If you think of the act of writing as a game of chicken between the author and his talent, then Derek Raymond is one author who achieves his ecstasy by sailing off cliffs. Everything about I Was Dora Suarez shrieks of the joy and pain of going too far. (New York Times)

Bibliographic Details

Title: I Was Dora Suarez
Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair