Shuttlecock

Swift, Graham

ISBN 10: 0671546120 / ISBN 13: 9780671546120

Published by Washington Square Press, New York, 1985

About this Item

Nicked at spine ends. Paperback original.

Seller Inventory # 10712

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shuttlecock
• Publisher: Washington Square Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671546120
• ISBN 13: 9780671546120
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: First Edition/First Printing
• Condition: Near Fine+
• Seller catalogs:
  • MODERN FIRST EDITIONS

About this title

Synopsis

Prentis, clerk in the "dead crimes" division of the London Police department, suspects his boss is trying to drive him crazy. But why? In a race against his own ebbing sanity, he uncovers a trail that leads to his father - a war hero named "Shuttlecock", whose memoirs tell a tale of betrayal.

Review

‘Serious, moving and often very funny indeed.' (The Observer)

‘An astonishing study of forms of guilt, laced with a thread of detection, and puckering now and then into outrageous humour.’ (The Sunday Times)

‘A superbly written claustrophobic account of power that corrupts private and public life and of guilt that becomes obsession.’ (The Daily Telegraph)