Bryant & Mays Peculiar London by Christopher Fowler Paperback Book

Description: Bryant & Mays Peculiar London by Christopher Fowler The nations longest-serving detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, guide readers around the extraordinary city thats 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 theyve never been seen before . . .As the nations oldest serving detectives, we know more about London than almost anyone. After all, weve been walking its streets and impulsively arresting its citizens for decades. Who better to take you through its less savoury side?Well be chatting about odd buildings, odder characters, lost venues, forgotten disasters, confusing routes, dubious gossip, illicit pleasures and hidden pubs. Well be making all sorts of odd connections and showing you why its almost impossible to separate fact from fiction in London.With the help of some of our more disreputable friends, each an argumentative and unreliable expert in his or her own dodgy field, well explain why some streets have genders, why only two Londoners got to meet Dracula, how a department store and a prison played tricks on your mind, when a theatre got stranded in the past, how a building vanished in plain sight, what excited Charlotte Bronte about the city and where the devils hide in London.We hope to capture something of the citys restless spirit by wilfully wandering off course, and it goes without saying that well bluff and bamboozle you along the way but thats all part of the fun. History is what you remember. London is what you forget (and weve forgotten a lot). So please do join us on this magical mystery tour of our city. Who knows where well end up? FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography 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 Mays singular and eccentric guide to the city. In 2015 Chris was awarded the Crime Writers Associations 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. Review 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, youre 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 * Details ISBN1804990930 Author Christopher Fowler Pages 400 Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd Year 2023 ISBN-10 1804990930 ISBN-13 9781804990933 Publication Date 2023-03-23 UK Release Date 2023-03-23 Format Paperback Imprint Penguin Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2023-03-23 NZ Release Date 2023-03-23 DEWEY 942.1 Audience General Alternative 9781473591738 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:142630582;

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