The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin

The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin

The very first case for Oxford-based sleuth Gervase Fen, one of the last of the great Golden Age detectives. As inventive as Agatha Christie, as hilarious as P.G. Wodehouse, this is the perfect entry point to discover the delightful detective stories of Edmund Crispin crime fiction at its quirkiest and best.

‘The Case of the Gilded Fly couldn't be more British if it came packaged with fish and chips’ New York Sun

‘One of the last exponents of the classical English detective story … elegant, literate, and funny’ The Times

‘A classic detective story and a ludicrous literary farce’ Guardian

‘Beneath a formidable exterior he had unsuspected depths of frivolity’ Philip Larkin

Robert Bruce Montgomery was born in Buckinghamshire in 1921. He graduated from St John’s College, Oxford in 1943 and was part of a famous literary circle including Kingsley Amis and Philip Larkin, and under the pseudonym Edmund Crispin wrote 9 detective novels and 42 short stories, combining farcical situations with sharply observed characterisation. He was also an accomplished composer, most famously writing the distinctive music scores for the Carry On films. He retired from the limelight to live in Totnes in Devonshire until his death in 1978.

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ISBN 13	9780008275150
ISBN 10	0008275157
Title	The Case of the Gilded Fly
Author	Edmund Crispin
Series	A Gervase Fen Mystery
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2018-03-08
Number of pages	256
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