The Speaker of Mandarin
Language: English
Published by Hutchinson, London, 1983
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Stanley Louis Remarkable Books, Saint Charles, IL, U.S.A.Stanley Louis Remarkable Books
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Ruth Barbara Rendell (1930 - 2015) was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries She is best known for creating Chief Inspector Wexford in a series of two dozen books Her Wexford stories were dramatized in a long-running BBC series Like her friend PD James, Ms Rendell was widely credited with pushing mystery into new themes and ways of storytelling It was often said of her, as it was of Ms James, that her work transcended the genre, and that by any measure she was an enormously talented writer She wrote more than 60 books, and her works have been translated into more than 20 languages and have had worldwide sales estimated as high as 60 million She won three prestigious Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America, which named her to its list of grandmasters She also won four Gold Daggers and a Diamond Dagger from England's Crime Writers' Association This title is the 12th book in the Wexford series It is in excellent condition with the signature on the title page, and no visible marks or damage .…
Seller Inventory # AA160
- Title
- The Speaker of Mandarin
- Author
- Ruth Rendell
- Publisher
- Hutchinson, London
- Publication year
- 1983
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Signed
- Signed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0091510600
- ISBN 13
- 9780091510602
- Edition
- First.
- Series
- Book 12 of 24: Inspector Wexford
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Review
"Probably the greatest living crime writer in the world" (Ian Rankin)
"Through the quality of her writing she's raised the game of the crime novel in this country" (Peter James)
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
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