The characters are quite extraordinarily living...A most original and grimly farcical situation'- Dorothy L. SayersRobert Arthur Kewdingham is an eccentric failure of a man. In middle age he retreats into a private world,hunting for Roman artefacts and devoting himself to bizarre mystical beliefs. Robert's wife,Bertha,feels that there are few things more dreadful than a husband who will persist in making a fool of himself in public. Their marriage consists of horrible quarrels,futile arguments,incessant bickering. Scarcely any friends will visit the Kewdinghams in their peaceful hometown Shufflecester. Everything is wrong - and with the entrance of John Harrigall,a bohemian bachelor from London who catches Bertha's eye,they take a turn for the worse. Soon deep passions and resentments shatter the calm facade of the Kewdinghams'lives. This richly characterised and elegantly written crime novel from 1933 is a true forgotten classic.
Publisher: British Library PublishingISBN: 9780712356695Number of pages: 256Dimensions: 190 x 130 mm
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