Black As Hes Painted
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Black As Hes Painted by Ngaio Marsh
One of Ngaio Marshs most popular novels, this time featuring one of her best creations Lucy Lockett, the crime-solving cat.‘A splendid, eccentric detective story in classic style’
Evening Standard
‘She writes as beautifully as ever.’
Sunday Times
‘An elegant, disciplined writer, Marsh deserves to be read and re-read not just for her plots but for her characterisation, for her painter’s eye view and for her outsider’s insights into the heart of a vanished social world.’
Susan Howatch
‘The finest writer in the English language of the pure, classical puzzle whodunit. Among the crime queens, Ngaio Marsh stands out as an Empress.’
The Sun
Dame Ngaio Marsh was born in New Zealand in 1895 and died in February 1982. She wrote over 30 detective novels and many of her stories have theatrical settings, for Ngaio Marsh’s real passion was the theatre. She was both actress and producer and almost single-handedly revived the New Zealand public’s interest in the theatre. It was for this work that the received what she called her ‘damery’ in 1966.
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9780006512288 |
| ISBN 10 | 0006512283 |
| Titel | Black As Hes Painted |
| Autor | Ngaio Marsh |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2000-04-17 |
| Seitenanzahl | 256 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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