Watching the Detectives

Julian Rathbone

ISBN 10: 0745300111 / ISBN 13: 9780745300115

Published by Pluto, London, 1985

About this Item

Minimal wear, binding is tight, yellowed pages. A Commissioner Jan Argand novel.

Seller Inventory # 23788

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Watching the Detectives
• Publisher: Pluto, London
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0745300111
• ISBN 13: 9780745300115
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Crime

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Synopsis

CRIME WITH A POLITICAL EDGE
In Brabt, the trains run on time and the bags you lose end up at the lost-and-found. Suddenly, the clockwork state is interrupted - by police brutality and terrorist violence. Headlines and news bulletins put the blame on 'left-wing violence committed to the overthrow of the state'. Commissioner Jan Argand agrees, until an anti-nuclear demonstration turns into a near massacre and Argand himself narrowly escapes an attempt on his life.
Julian Rathbone is a highly original artist who uses the thriller form to comment on the increasing violence and absurdity of the post-industrial world we live in. The Literary Review.

About the Author

Martin Hoyles is the author of numerous books on history and politics including Gardeners Delight, The Story of Gardening and The Politics of Childhood. He teaches the only garden history course in the UK, at the University of East London.