Odd People by Basil Thomson
Odd People is a wittily observed portrait of a paranoid country, part of the Dialogue Espionage Classics Series.
Basil Thomson was Assistant Commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police, which made him the head of the Criminal Investigation Department at New Scotland Yard. As head of CID, Thomson was involved in the arrests of suspected spies, suffragettes, Indian revolutionaries, Irish rebels and all manner of miscreants. In 1925, Thomson was arrested in Hyde Park, and charged with 'committing an act in violation of public decency' with a young woman, Miss Thelma de Lava. Thomson rejected the charges, insisting that he was engaged in conversation with the woman for the purposes of research for a book he was writing on London vice. He was found guilty of public indecency, and fined GBP5.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781849547970 |
| ISBN 10 | 1849547971 |
| Title | Odd People |
| Author | Basil Thomson |
| Series | Dialogue Espionage Classics Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Biteback Publishing |
| Year published | 2014-12-12 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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