Isabel Colegate

The Blackmailer

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Produktbeschreibung

'As a novelist of English manners, Isabel Colegate has no rival.' - The Times 'Colegate's prose is flowing and unpretentious. She tells an excellent tale.' - Daily Telegraph '[Colegate's] strengths - neat psychological details, coolly literate narration, dry humor - are on ample display throughout.' Kirkus Reviews Anthony Lane is dead, a casualty of the Korean War, and at home in England he is praised a hero. But Baldwin Reeves, who served with him, knows the truth: Lane, a traitor and a coward, was executed ignominiously by his own men. Envious of the wealth and social position Lane possessed, Reeves decides to put his knowledge to good use by blackmailing his widow Judith. Anxious to prevent a scandal and protect Lane's elderly mother from the disclosure of his disgrace, Judith seems to be wholly into Reeves's power. But when the blackmailer finds himself falling in love with his victim, the balance of power shifts, and the stage is set for an ironic and surprising conclusion. Darkly humorous, with a wonderfully offbeat cast of characters and featuring the distinguished style for which she is known, The Blackmailer (1958) was the first novel by Isabel Colegate, author of the modern classic The Shooting Party. This edition, the first in 30 years, includes a new foreword by the author.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Valancourt Books
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 169g
• ISBN-13: 9781941147221
• ISBN-10: 1941147224
• Artikelnr.: 41622633

Autorenporträt

Isabel Colegate was born in 1931 in London and was educated at Runton Hill School in Norfolk. In 1952 she went into partnership with Anthony Blond, who was then starting a literary agency and would go on to found a publishing house, and in 1953 she married Michael Briggs, with whom she has a daughter and two sons. Colegate's first novel, The Blackmailer, was published in 1958 and was followed by twelve more novels and one work of non-fiction. Her bestselling novel The Shooting Party won the W.H. Smith Literary Award and was adapted for a now-classic 1985 film. She has written reviews for the Spectator, Daily Telegraph and Times Literary Supplement. Isabel Colegate was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1981. She lives in Somerset.

Rezensionen

Ought to be a household name