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The mysterious murder of a six-year-old English boy in 1930s India destroys the relationship between his parents and stepsister
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About the Author
Born in Switzerland, Francis King spent his childhood in India. Whilst at Oxford he wrote three novels and then joined the British Council. He was the drama critic of the Sunday Telegraph and reviewed fiction extensively. He wrote over twenty novels and his non-fiction includes E. M. Forster and his World.
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'So beautifully written that one is reluctant to reveal who is murdered, let alone who dunnit ... brilliantly successful' Auberon Waugh 'A master novelist' Melvyn Bragg 'Will not fail to impress' Graham Swift '[has] an emotional charge and breadth of vision which place it in the forefront of this year's novels' Harriet Waugh 'Unputdownable' Paul Bailey
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- PublisherHutchinson
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0091535204
- ISBN 13 9780091535209
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages331
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