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This is a novel of Victorian murder. To 'walk in Pimlico'. Colloquial to be handsomely dressed - "Murray's Dictionary of Slang, Cant and Flash Words and Phrases" (1857, 3rd ed.). Stumbling across Bessie Spooner's murdered body, comedian Corney Sage is caught in a tangle of deception and lies. He flees from his concert-room job in London's Whitechapel to a comfortable spa town, and then to a circus and music hall. But try as he might, he cannot elude the killer. And in Corney's world of theatricals, clowns and showmen, where appearances are surface deep and secrets are deadly, any one of them might be the murderer...From the drawing rooms of polite society to dingy lodging houses, through shabby pump-room pavilions, fairgrounds and freak shows, Ann Featherstone brilliantly reconstructs nineteenth-century England in this gripping psychological thriller.
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Ann Featherstone teaches and researches Performance History at Manchester University and Royal Holloway, University of London. She has written books and articles about Victorian entertainment, including The Victorian Clown, with Jacky Bratton. Walking in Pimlico is her first novel. WHEREABOUTS Derbyshire
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'Appearances deceive and secrets are deadly in this creepy murder mystery. Perfect for those darker nights!' Debbie McQuoid, Look 'Up there with the work of Angela Carter and Sarah Waters... a gripping and accomplished Victorian murder mystery. A wildly inventive romp through the lowlife of 19th-century England. Extremely hard to put down.'#include file="m63-article-related-attachements.html" The Times 'Smacks of period authenticity... written in a literary style that is of a far greater quality than the genre normally attracts... a compelling plot. Walking in Pimlico is an excellent debut novel.' The British Theatre Guide Newsletter! '...an edge of authenticity near-enough second to none... Sarah Waters and Michel Faber would be well to watch out. As a rich and unflinching tapestry of a time lost to us, it truly excels, as a cracking murder mystery yarn, it proves unputdownable.' The Speculative Scotsman
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- PublisherJohn Murray Publishers Ltd
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1848541732
- ISBN 13 9781848541733
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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