The Chimney Sweeper's Boy by Barbara Vine

The Chimney Sweeper's Boy by Barbara Vine

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When successful author Gerald Candless dies of a sudden heart attack, his eldest, adoring daughter Sarah embarks on a memoir of him and soon discovers that her perfect father was not all he appeared to be. That in fact he wasn't Gerald Candless at all. But then, who was he? And what terrible secret had driven him to live a lie for all those years?

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The Chimney Sweeper's Boy by Barbara Vine

When successful author Gerald Candless dies of a sudden heart attack, his eldest, adoring daughter Sarah embarks on a memoir of him and soon discovers that her perfect father was not all he appeared to be. That in fact he wasn't Gerald Candless at all. But then, who was he? And what terrible secret had driven him to live a lie for all those years? 'So ingeniously constructed, its truth and falsehoods are so deftly and convincingly interwoven, that its solution ...is as jolting as a flash of lightning' - "Sunday Times".
Barbara Vine is Ruth Rendell. Twelve novels have been published under this pen-name, including A Dark-Adapted Eye, which won the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award. Ruth Rendell sits in the House of Lords as a Labour peer. She lives in Maida Vale, London.
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ISBN 13 9780141035109
ISBN 10 0141035102
Title The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
Author Barbara Vine
Series Penguin Celebrations
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2007-09-06
Number of pages 448
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