The Night of Wenceslas
Autor Lionel Davidsonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 feb 2011
The Night of Wenceslas, Lionel Davidson's debut thriller, was an instant and massive success upon publication in 1960. Its taut prose and masterful plot pushed him to the front ranks of the genre. It was described by the New Yorker as 'so enriched with style, wit, and a sense of serious comedy that it all but transcends its kind' and by Newsweek as 'downright superb.' Awarded the Gold Dagger Award by the Crime Writers' Association, it was subsequently filmed as 'Hot Enough For June' starring Dirk Bogarde.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780571242887
ISBN-10: 057124288X
Pagini: 228
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Faber and Faber
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 057124288X
Pagini: 228
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Faber and Faber
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Lionel Davidson was born in 1922 in Hull, Yorkshire. He left school early and worked as a reporter before serving in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. His first novel, The Night of Wenceslas, was published in 1960 to great critical acclaim and drew comparisons to Graham Greene and John le Carre. It was followed by The Rose of Tibet (1962), A Long Way to Shiloh (1966) The Chelsea Murders (1978) and Kolymsky Heights (1994). He was thrice the recipient of the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award and, in 2001, was awarded the CWA's Cartier Diamond Dagger lifetime achievement award. He died in 2009.
Descriere
In the novel that launched Davidson's career as a master thriller, young Nicholas Whistler, on a seemingly innocent business trip to Prague, finds himself caught between the secret police and an amorous suitor named Vlasta.