Let's Kill Uncle

O'Grady, Rohan

ISBN 10: 0582101093 / ISBN 13: 9780582101098

Published by Longmans, 1964

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The jacket is a bit marked and edgeworn. A little mild foxing to the first and last few pages. "This edition first published 1964". Soundly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Let's Kill Uncle
• Publisher: Longmans
• Publication Date: 1964
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0582101093
• ISBN 13: 9780582101098
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

When recently orphaned Barnaby Gaunt is sent to stay with his uncle on a beautiful remote island off the coast of Canada, he is all set to have the perfect summer holiday. Except there is one small problem: His uncle is trying to kill him.
Heir to a ten-million-dollar fortune, Barnaby tries to tell everyone and anyone that his uncle is after his inheritance, but no one will believe him. That is, until he tells the only other child on the island, Chrissie, who concludes that there is only one way for Barnaby to stop his demonic uncle: He will just have to kill him first. With the unexpected help of One-Ear, the aged cougar who has tormented the island for years, Chrissie and Barnaby hatch a foolproof plan.
Playful, dark, and witty, Let's Kill Uncle is a surprising tale of two ordinary children who conspire to execute an extraordinary murder-and get away with it.
Praise for Let's Kill Uncle:
"Playfully sinister."-Washington Post
"A dark, whimsical, startling book, far ahead of its time."-Donna Tartt

Review

'A dark, whimsical, startling book, far ahead of its time' Donna Tartt 'There must be a reason we have never heard of Rohan O'Grady for all these years -- but I cannot find it in the pages of Let's Kill Uncle. A thrilling, original book, exquisitely written, and unforgettable -- a classic, rediscovered' Hanan al-Shaykh 'Playfully sinister' Washington Post 'Excellent story, told with much charm' Evening Standard