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The Big Clock
Kenneth Fearing
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Description for The Big Clock
Paperback. How does a man escape from himself..? A classic masterpiece of American noir fiction. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
How does a man escape from himself...? A classic masterpiece of American noir fiction.
George Stroud is a hard-drinking, tough-talking, unscrupulous journalist working for tyrannical Earl Janoth's media empire. And he's involved with the wrong woman - his boss's mistress, Pauline Delos. One day, as Stroud escorts Pauline home, he spies his boss returning from a trip. The next day, Pauline is found dead in her apartment.
Janoth knows someone saw him enter Pauline's apartment on the night of the murder; he knows it must have been the man Pauline was seeing on the side; but he doesn't ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
170g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781409121152
SKU
V9781409121152
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About Kenneth Fearing
Kenneth Fearing (1902-1961) was born in Oak Park, Illinois. Voted wittiest boy and class pessimist in high school, he moved to New York City after graduating from the University of Wisconsin. He published several well-received volumes of poetry in addition to his books. THE BIG CLOCK is his most famous novel and was filmed twice, first in 1948, and then ... Read more
Reviews for The Big Clock
THE BIG CLOCK has it - the deadpan, make-believe sinister quality, and the terse, preposterous fancy. It is, besides, a thriller with a unique plot
TIME
If you enjoy top-drawer detective fiction...we can recommend this one with no reservations whatsoever
NEW YORK TIMES
So rare a compound of irony, satire, and icy-fingered narrative
WEEKLY BOOK ... Read more
TIME
If you enjoy top-drawer detective fiction...we can recommend this one with no reservations whatsoever
NEW YORK TIMES
So rare a compound of irony, satire, and icy-fingered narrative
WEEKLY BOOK ... Read more