Death of an Ardent Bibliophile - Hardcover

Gill, Bartholomew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333637003 ISBN 13: 9780333637005

Publisher: William Morrow, 1995

Synopsis

First edition. A Peter McGarr Mystery. When the keeper of Dublin's Marsh Library is found dead in his home, surrounded by rare books are they genuine or clever forgeries? and homemade blue videos based on the poems of Jonathan Swift, Chief Superintendent Peter McGarr has a bizarre literary mystery to solve. Well preserved copy. viii , 275 pages. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket.. small 8vo..

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About the Author

Bartholomew Gill authored 15 Peter McGarr mysteries, among them The Death of an Irish Lover, The Death of an Irish Tinker, and the Edgar Award nominee The Death of a Joyce Scholar. A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, Gill wrote as Mark McGarrity for the Star-Ledger. He died in 2002.

From Publishers Weekly

Literary lore and procedural machinations weave through the third adventure of Dublin police superintendent Peter McGarr, last seen in Death on a Cold, Wild River. The bibliophile in question was noted Swiftian scholar Brian Herrick, the custodian of Swift's Marsh Library, famed for its rare editions, which Herrick had recreated in part in his own home. As much an enigma as Swift, Herrick had also shelved in his library video cassettes of orgies starring himself and featuring, among others, a memorable one-eyed tart. But in his final scene, Herrick is filmed alone, falling victim to a nasty poison. McGarr learns that Herrick, reputedly wealthy, may have squandered his estate and become the subject of blackmail. Focusing less than in the previous books on the dichotomies of modern Ireland, Gill paints a broad, bold cast, including McGarr's wife, Noreen, an art gallery owner, and a handsome threesome involved in an intense romantic triangle-two of Peter's coppers, one tall and statuesque, one short and pugilistic, and a dashing young businessman. This academic mystery, however, may hold the most appeal for readers who know and love their Swift.
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Edition details

• Publisher: William Morrow
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333637003
• ISBN 13: 9780333637005
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256