The Birthday Present

Vine, Barbara (Ruth Rendell)

ISBN 10: 1858789664 / ISBN 13: 9781858789668

Published by RNIB Penguin, 2009

About this Item

Large Print edition, published by Penguin for the RNIB. 481pp, illustrated softback covers. A very clean copy. A Tory MP's unusual sexual tastes lead to death.

Seller Inventory # 14112

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Birthday Present
• Publisher: RNIB Penguin
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1858789664
• ISBN 13: 9781858789668
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature Q - Z
  • Crime
  • Large Print Editions

About this title

Synopsis

This publication is not for sale to libraries. Set amidst an age of IRA bombings, the first Gulf War, and sleazy politics, this title provides the story of a fall from grace, and of a man who carries within him the hypocrisy, greed and self-obsession of a troubled era.

About the Author

Barbara Vine was the pen-name of Ruth Rendell, and Viking published all of her books under that name. Rendell was an exceptional crime writer, with worldwide sales of approximately 20 million copies, and regular Sunday Times bestsellers. Rendell won numerous awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for 1976's best crime novel with A Demon in My View, a Gold Dagger award for Live Flesh in 1986, and the Sunday Times Literary Award in 1990. In 2013 she was awarded the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for sustained excellence in crime writing. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer. Ruth Rendell died in May 2015.