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Curtain Call
Anthony Quinn
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Description for Curtain Call
Paperback. On a sultry afternoon in the summer of 1936 a young woman is witness to an attempted murder in a London hotel room. Nina, a West End actress, faces a dilemma: she shouldn't have been at the hotel in the first place, and certainly not with a married man. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 282.
Now adapted into a major film as THE CRITIC starring Ian McKellan
On a sultry afternoon in the summer of 1936 a young woman is witness to an attempted murder in a London hotel room.
Nina, a West End actress, faces a dilemma: she shouldn't have been at the hotel in the first place, and certainly not with a married man. But once it becomes apparent that she has seen the face of the man the newspapers have dubbed ‘the Tie-Pin Killer’ she realises that unless she acts quickly, more women will die...
From the glittering murk of Soho’s underworld to the grease paint and ghost-lights of theatreland, Curtain Call is a poignant and gripping story about love and death in a society dancing towards the abyss.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099593232
SKU
V9780099593232
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn was born in Liverpool in 1964. From 1998 to 2013 he was the film critic for the Independent. He is the author of six novels: The Rescue Man, which won the 2009 Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award; Half of the Human Race; The Streets, which was shortlisted for the 2013 Walter Scott Prize; Curtain Call, which was chosen for Waterstones and Mail on Sunday Book Clubs; Freya, a Radio 2 Book Club choice, and Eureka.
Reviews for Curtain Call
This is an utterly delightful read, made to appear easy, effortless and brilliantly suspenseful, while never becoming predictable or cosy…. I can’t recommend this book highly enough.
Viv Groskop
Observer
It had me on the edge of my seat. The only disappointment…is when the curtain finally has to come down
Peter Stanford
Daily Telegraph (five stars)
Night after night for a happy week, Quinn filled my dreams with glossy surfaces and hidden vices, silk stockings and champagne and intellectual snobberies and long walks home on hard London pavements. Anyone who paces the West End streets will find them more haunted after reading this book.
Libby Purves
New Statesman
Curtain Call is a beautifully written, absorbing work of historical fiction.
James Kidd
Independent
Curtain Call goes from gripping you lightly to gripping you tightly. Both in its construction and its characters there is more going on beneath the surface than first appears.
Dominic Maxwell
The Times
This book is utterly pleasing from the first page to the last.
Sadie Jones
Guardian
This is unputdownable.
Eithne Farry
Sunday Express
Sharp period detail and clever pacing all add up to some rather excellent entertainment.
Anthony Cummins
Metro
An elegant literary 1930s murder mystery.
Bookseller
Quirky, charming and full of atmosphere.
Good Housekeeping
Viv Groskop
Observer
It had me on the edge of my seat. The only disappointment…is when the curtain finally has to come down
Peter Stanford
Daily Telegraph (five stars)
Night after night for a happy week, Quinn filled my dreams with glossy surfaces and hidden vices, silk stockings and champagne and intellectual snobberies and long walks home on hard London pavements. Anyone who paces the West End streets will find them more haunted after reading this book.
Libby Purves
New Statesman
Curtain Call is a beautifully written, absorbing work of historical fiction.
James Kidd
Independent
Curtain Call goes from gripping you lightly to gripping you tightly. Both in its construction and its characters there is more going on beneath the surface than first appears.
Dominic Maxwell
The Times
This book is utterly pleasing from the first page to the last.
Sadie Jones
Guardian
This is unputdownable.
Eithne Farry
Sunday Express
Sharp period detail and clever pacing all add up to some rather excellent entertainment.
Anthony Cummins
Metro
An elegant literary 1930s murder mystery.
Bookseller
Quirky, charming and full of atmosphere.
Good Housekeeping