Cain's Jawbone: A Novel Problem

Ernest Powys Mathers

ISBN 10: 1783527412 / ISBN 13: 9781783527410

Published by Unbound, 2019

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Near fine condition. Unbound, 2019. Boxset includes: Book, 100 unbound individual pages printed. First edition of this new edition. Paperback and unbound printed pages ( a couple of small nicks on the edges of the unbound printed pages) in near fine condition, with a boxset (small tear on the edges of the boxset, a couple of small nicks on the edges of the boxset) in near fine condition. Nice and clean completed set. 114pp including A note on the Author. A collectable and out of print boxset. This is another paragraph Book Description: In 1934, the Observer s cryptic crossword compiler, Edward Powys Mathers (aka Torquemada), released a novel that was simultaneously a murder mystery and the most fiendishly difficult literary puzzle ever written. The pages have been printed in an entirely haphazard order, but it is possible through logic and intelligent reading to sort the pages into the only correct order, revealing six murder victims and their respective murderers. Only two puzzlers have ever solved the mystery of Cain s Jawbone: do you have what it takes to join their ranks? Please note: this puzzle is extremely difficult and not for the faint-hearted. Seller Inventory # 12345

Bibliographic Details

Title: Cain's Jawbone: A Novel Problem

Publisher: Unbound

Publication Date: 2019

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

6 murders. 100 pages. Millions of possible combinations... but only 1 is correct. Can you solve Torquemada s murder mystery?

In 1934, the Observer s cryptic crossword compiler, Edward Powys Mathers (aka Torquemada), released a novel that was simultaneously a murder mystery and the most fiendishly difficult literary puzzle ever written.

The pages have been printed in an entirely haphazard order, but it is possible through logic and intelligent reading to sort the pages into the only correct order, revealing six murder victims and their respective murderers.

Only two puzzlers have ever solved the mystery of Cain s Jawbone: do you have what it takes to join their ranks?

Please note: this puzzle is extremely difficult and not for the faint-hearted.

About the Author:

Edward Powys Mathers's (1892 - 1939) introduced the cryptic crossword to Britain in 1924 through the pages of the Observer. Known as Torquemada, he was acknowledged as a brilliant translator and a critic specialising in crime fiction. In 1934 he published a selection of his puzzles under the title The Torquemada Puzzle Book - the final 100 pages of which contained the novel-cum-puzzle Cain's Jawbone. The book is being re-issued with the assistance of The Laurence Sterne Trust and Patrick Wildgust, the curator of Shandy Hall.