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Big Ben Strikes Eleven
British Library Crime Classics (Related to this series)
- Author
- David Magarshack
- Narrator
- John Telfer
- Publisher
- Ulverscroft Ltd
- Publish Date
- 1 December 2023
- Run Time
- 10 hours 54 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
First published in 1934, this novel is now extremely rare, and is long overdue its rediscovery.
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- Author
- David Magarshack
- Narrator
- John Telfer
- Duration
- 10 hours 54 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 December 2023
- ISBN
- 9781399165877
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Ulverscroft Ltd
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction
Synopsis
The discovery of Sir Robert Boniface's body on the floor of his limousine was made quite accidentally on a sultry Friday evening towards the end of June. The industrial and financial tycoon, and former stalwart of the British Cabinet, was shot in the head and left in the quiet Vale of Health. Nearby, a rejected portrait of Sir Robert is found riddled with bullets in the studio of the now missing artist Matt Caldwell. As it hurtles towards its feverish denouement under the bells of the capital's famous clock, this closely observed and stylish study of character and motive transports the reader from the Stock Exchange to Scotland Yard. It asks the question of what it means to be crooked and how immense power corrupts. First published in 1934, this novel is now extremely rare, and is long overdue its rediscovery.
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