The Dying of the Light: A Mystery by Michael Dibdin Paperback Book (English)

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The Dying of the Light: A Mystery

by Michael Dibdin

One of England's most critically acclaimed mystery writers offers what is at once an affectionate homage to and an audacious satire of the classic drawing room murder mystery, in which a seemingly genteel country inn is instead revealed to be a place of ghastly cruelties and humiliations—a place where murder is almost comforting.

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One of England's most acclaimed younger mystery writers, the creator of Detective Aurelio Zen, gives us a brilliant and haunting variation on the classic drawing-room murder novel. The setting is Eventide Lodge, where the guests have gathered for tea. Colonel Weatherby is reading by the fire. Mrs. Hargreave III is whiling away her time at patience. And Miss Rosemary Travis and her friend, Dorothy, are wondering which of their housemates will be the next to die.For even as Michael Dibdin's elderly sleuths debate clues and motives, it becomes clear that Eventide Lodge is not a genteel country inn but a place of ghastly cruelties and humiliations. A place where the logic of murder is . . .almost "comforting." At once affectionate homage and audacious satire, "The Dying of the Light" will delight any aficionado of Patricia Highsmith, Peter Dickinson, or Ruth Rendell.

Author Biography

Born in England, Michael Dibdin attended schools in Scotland and Ireland, and after earning a B.A. at the University of Sussex went on to complete an M.A. in English Literature at the University of Alberta. He then spent four years in Italy teaching at the University of Perugia. In 1988, Dibdin introduced the Italian cop Aurelio Zen in Ratking, which won the Gold Dagger award in the same year, and in 1994, he won France's Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere for the third novel in the Zen series, Cabal. Dibdin reviews regularly for the "Independent on Sunday" and lives in Seattle with his third

Details ISBN0679753109 Author Michael Dibdin Short Title DYING OF THE LIGHT Series Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Language English ISBN-10 0679753109 ISBN-13 9780679753100 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY FIC Year 1995 Publication Date 1995-01-31 Residence Seattle, WA, US Pages 160 Publisher Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Dimensions116mm x 11mm x 216mm
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