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With this, his fifth novel, Peter Van Greenaway proves himself to be unquestionably a master of suspense. Each of his plots turns out to have a more shattering impact than the previous one. "The Man Who Held the Queen to Ransom and Sent Parliament Packing" was hailed in the Press as the "most astounding novel" of its year. Of its successor, "Judas!", R.C. Churchill said "as thrilling a story of suspense as any reader could desire"; the Manchester Evening News called it "a cliff-hanger"; and The Times declared, "This extraordinary book (which contains about three other novels) is impossible to set aside." Now Mr Van Greenaway comes up with something even more startling. The quiet opening, which suggests a detective story, is deceptive. A well known novelist, Morlar, has been battered almost to death; in fact, the police doctor pronounces him dead, but by some miracle of will-power, there's a flicker of life in him still, desperately holding on. Inspector Cherry of the Yard can find no conventional clues; but, an unconventional man, he begins to explore Morlar's mind, as revealed in his novels and in interviews with his psychiatrist, Zonfeld. The story builds up to a climax of agonising suspense.
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- PublisherGollancz
- Publication date1973
- ISBN 10 0575017023
- ISBN 13 9780575017023
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages255
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The Medusa Touch
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Orion Publishing Group, Limited, 1973
ISBN 10: 0575017023
ISBN 13: 9780575017023
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Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
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Condition: Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Seller Inventory # 49779226-20
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London; Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1973., 1973
ISBN 10: 0575017023
ISBN 13: 9780575017023
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Hardcover
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Seller: Keel Row Bookshop Ltd - ABA, ILAB & PBFA, Whitley Bay, United Kingdom
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Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 256. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine in an unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. An extremely clean and tidy copy with a slightly dusty top-edge to the text-block. The dust-jacket shows very small areas of minor soiling and very light sunning to spine. Not price-clipped. Overall a near fine book in a near fine dust-jacket. No annotations of inscriptions. FIRST EDITION of this chilling psychological suspense novel which sees an inspector and psychiatrist come the realisation that their patient has telekinetic abilities which he is using to cause unspeakable harm. Adapted for the big screen in 1978 as the supernatural thriller of the same name starring Richard Burton and Lee Remick. Seller Inventory # 11536
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