Bryant & May’s Peculiar London
$36.40
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
26 June 2023
Summary
The nation’s longest-serving detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, guide readers around the extraordinary city that’s been at the heart of their 20-book career. Here are London (and some of its citizens) in all their eccentric, elusive, fascinating, and often peculiar glory as they’ve never been seen before.
As the nation’s oldest serving detectives, we know more about London than almost anyone. After all, we’ve been walking its streets and impulsively arresting its citizens for dec…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804990933 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1804990930 |
| Author: | Christopher Fowler |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 26 June 2023 |
| Weight: | 278g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 27mm |
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One of the glories of the modern crime fiction field? The deliriously eccentric books by Christopher Fowler. – Barry Forshaw * FINANCIAL TIMES *Devilishly clever … mordantly funny … sometimes heartbreakingly moving. – VAL McDERMIDIf you have never entered the curious world of Bryant and May, you’re in for a treat. * THE TIMES *One of the glories of the modern crime fiction field? The deliriously eccentric books by Christopher Fowler. – Barry Forshaw * FINANCIAL TIMES *
About The Author
Christopher Fowler
Christopher Fowler was the multiple award-winning author of almost fifty novels and short story collections, including the celebrated Bryant & May mysteries. His other novels include Roofworld, Spanky, The Sand Men and Hot Water. He has also written two acclaimed memoirs, Paperboy (winner of the Green Carnation Prize) and Film Freak, plus The Book of Forgotten Authors and Peculiar London, Bryant and May’s singular and eccentric guide to the city. In 2015 Chris was awarded the Crime Writers Association’s coveted ‘Dagger in the Library’ for his body of work. He lived in London and Barcelona. Diagnosed with cancer just as the UK went into lockdown in 2020, Chris died on 2nd March 2023.
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