Reputation for a Song
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1955.
A gripping account of the build up to murder, its investigation and subsequent trial. A quiet provincial English town, a county solicitor and his wife and three grown up children live an uneasy existence. Father and eldest daughter are happily and quietly unambitious to the vexation of the narcissistic mother and her gormless 17 year old son - the personification of evil behind a facade of respectability. We are privy to the detailed dynamics of the family’s interactions and the awful results of thwarted ambition, jealousy, fecklessness and contempt. Add to the mix a tarty barmaid, a rich successful cousin to compare unfavourably with one’s lot and the future health of the innocent victim starts to hang by a thread.
Condition grading: Good. Staining creases and wear to spine. Some staining to rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1955.
A gripping account of the build up to murder, its investigation and subsequent trial. A quiet provincial English town, a county solicitor and his wife and three grown up children live an uneasy existence. Father and eldest daughter are happily and quietly unambitious to the vexation of the narcissistic mother and her gormless 17 year old son - the personification of evil behind a facade of respectability. We are privy to the detailed dynamics of the family’s interactions and the awful results of thwarted ambition, jealousy, fecklessness and contempt. Add to the mix a tarty barmaid, a rich successful cousin to compare unfavourably with one’s lot and the future health of the innocent victim starts to hang by a thread.
Condition grading: Good. Staining creases and wear to spine. Some staining to rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1955.
A gripping account of the build up to murder, its investigation and subsequent trial. A quiet provincial English town, a county solicitor and his wife and three grown up children live an uneasy existence. Father and eldest daughter are happily and quietly unambitious to the vexation of the narcissistic mother and her gormless 17 year old son - the personification of evil behind a facade of respectability. We are privy to the detailed dynamics of the family’s interactions and the awful results of thwarted ambition, jealousy, fecklessness and contempt. Add to the mix a tarty barmaid, a rich successful cousin to compare unfavourably with one’s lot and the future health of the innocent victim starts to hang by a thread.
Condition grading: Good. Staining creases and wear to spine. Some staining to rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
