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Black Out
John Lawton
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Description for Black Out
Paperback. To celebrate the release of A Lily of the Field in paperback, Grove Press are reissuing the Frederick Troy series, starting with the original classic - Black Out. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 344. To celebrate the release of A Lily of the Field in paperback, Grove Press are reissuing the Frederick Troy series, starting with the original classic - Black Out. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 127 x 196 x 27. Weight: 340.
Written by 'a sublimely elegant historical novelist as addictive as crack' - Daily Telegraph
The first book in John Lawton's Inspector Troy series, selected by Time magazine as one of 'Six Detective Series to Savour' alongside Michael Connelly and Donna Leon.
The Blitz, London, 1944.
As the Luftwaffe make their last desperate assault on the city, Londoners take to the shelters once again and eagerly await the signal for D-Day. In the East End children lead police to a charred, dismembered corpse buried in a bombsite. The victim is German and it soon becomes clear that this ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Inspector Troy
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781611855920
SKU
V9781611855920
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About John Lawton
John Lawton worked for Channel 4 for many years, and, among many others, produced Harold Pinter's 'O Superman', the least-watched most-argued-over programme of the 90s. He has written seven novels in his Troy series, two Joe Wilderness novels, the standalone Sweet Sunday, a couple of short stories and the occasional essay. He writes very slowly and almost entirely on the ... Read more
Reviews for Black Out
Wonderfully captures the atmosphere of wartime London... original and entertaining.
Robert Harris
This fine novel repeatedly brings to mind le Carré - for its elegance and style, its intricate suspenseful plot, [and] its intimate knowledge of a seemingly shattered time and place... A delightful, intelligent, involving book.
Scott Turow
Robert Harris
This fine novel repeatedly brings to mind le Carré - for its elegance and style, its intricate suspenseful plot, [and] its intimate knowledge of a seemingly shattered time and place... A delightful, intelligent, involving book.
Scott Turow