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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-101448216885

ISBN-139781448216888

eBay Product ID (ePID)239734816

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Book TitleCase of the Gilded Fly

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMystery & Detective / Historical, Mystery & Detective / Cozy, Crime, Mystery & Detective / General

Publication Year2018

GenreFiction

AuthorEdmund Crispin

Book SeriesThe Gervase Fen Mysteries Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight7.1 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.1 in

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Dewey Edition18

Reviews"A classic detective story and a ludicrous literary farce" -- Guardian "One of the last exponents of the classical English detective story ... elegant, literate, and funny" -- The Times "The Case of the Gilded Fly couldn't be more British if it came packaged with fish and chips" -- New York Sun "I very much enjoy Edmund Crispin" -- P.D. James, "A classic detective story and a ludicrous literary farce." - Guardian "One of the last exponents of the classical English detective story ... elegant, literate, and funny." - The Times "The Case of the Gilded Fly couldn't be more British if it came packaged with fish and chips." - New York Sun "I very much enjoy Edmund Crispin." - P.D. James

Dewey Decimal823/.9/12

SynopsisOxford don and amateur sleuth Gervase Fen investigates the murder of a femme fatale in this classic British detective novel. It is October 1940 and at Oxford, the Full Term has just begun. Robert Warner, up and coming playwright known for his experimental approach, has chosen an Oxford repertory theater for the premiere of his latest play, Metromania. Together with his cast he comes to Oxford to rehearse a week before the opening, but Warner's troupe is a motley group of actors among whom is the beautiful but promiscuously dangerous Yseut Haskell. She causes quite a stir with her plots, intrigues and love triangles. When she is found shot dead in the college room of a young man who is infatuated with her, everyone is puzzled and worried; most of the actors have had a reason to get rid of the femme fatale and few have alibis. The police are at loss for answers and are ready to proclaim the incident as suicide, but Gervase Fen, an Oxford don and professor of literature, who thrives off solving mysteries, is ready to help. The Case of the Gilded Fly , first published in 1944, is Edmund Crispin's debut novel and the first Gervase Fen Mystery., Oxford don and amateur sleuth Gervase Fen investigates the murder of a femme fatale in this classic British detective novel., It is October 1940 and at Oxford, the Full Term has just begun. Robert Warner, up and coming playwright known for his experimental approach, has chosen an Oxford repertory theater for the premiere of his latest play, Metromania. Together with his cast he comes to Oxford to rehearse a week before the opening, but Warner's troupe is a motley group of actors among whom is the beautiful but promiscuously dangerous Yseut Haskell. She causes quite a stir with her plots, intrigues and love triangles. When she is found shot dead in the college room of a young man who is infatuated with her, everyone is puzzled and worried; most of the actors have had a reason to get rid of the femme fatale and few have alibis. The police are at loss for answers and are ready to proclaim the incident as suicide, but Gervase Fen, an Oxford don and professor of literature, who thrives off solving mysteries, is ready to help. The Case of the Gilded Fly , first published in 1944, is Edmund Crispin's debut novel and the first Gervase Fen Mystery.